Foothill Ranch, Calif., August 14, 2007 – Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST), a leading provider of communications solutions for enterprises of all sizes, today unveiled an enhanced line of pre-packaged solutions for the small to medium business (SMB) marketplace labeled CallXpress Speed Bundles.  Scaling from four to 16 IP channels or ports, the CallXpress Speed Bundles are designed and configured to interoperate with all of the leading brands of IP-PBX’s and PBX’s.

Combining AVST’s world class CallXpress communications software with industry standard, AVST-certified hardware in simple, single part number configurations, AVST’s new “Speed Bundles” make it easier for SMB customers to buy, and for AVST resellers to sell, install and support its solutions in the rapidly evolving SMB marketplace.  These convenient and attractively-priced bundles are ideal for any company or organization transitioning to IP telephony, seeking to deliver unified messaging to all or a segment of its workforce, or simply needing to replace one or multiple aging legacy voice mail systems.

For SMBs, choosing and investing in a best-of-breed communications solution can be a confusing, complicated and expensive process.  Responding to the market demand for expanded IP telephony interoperability and unified messaging capabilities on all of its SMB solutions, AVST has designed this line of powerful, economical and easy-to-order Speed Bundles.  Additionally, all of the analog and digital Speed Bundle configurations include AVST’s lifetime “future proofing” guarantee that provides, with certain limited exceptions, an IP integration at no additional charge when a customer is ready to transition to one of the many industry-leading IP telephony solutions that AVST supports.

“AVST has been shaping the evolution of enterprise communications, with more than 38,000 customers having purchased our award-winning CallXpress solution worldwide over the past 25 years,” said Tom Minifie, AVST’s Vice President of Product Management.  “As the world of enterprise communications advances, businesses of all sizes can be assured that AVST has their future covered with the industry’s most extensive telephony and groupware interoperability capabilities built into all of our CallXpress solutions.”

For convenience and cost savings, AVST’s CallXpress Speed Bundles are available in IP, digital and analog configurations and offer the following advantages:

• Pre-installed CallXpress software running on industry standard hardware with a one-year XpressCare^® software and one-year hardware warranty included
• AVST’s IP future proofing guarantee for all digital and analog configurations
• Unlimited voice mail boxes and 50 unified messaging clients
• Single part number ordering with easy to add options including:
  
  • Additional unified messaging clients
  • Text to speech licenses
  • Legacy telephone user interfaces including Octel^®, Centigram and Audix^®
  • IVR functionality
  • Networking
  • Global user administration
  • Additional years of software and hardware warranty

CallXpress Speed Bundles are available through AVST’s established reseller channels.  AVST has an extensive list of partners that sell and support its unified communications solutions throughout the world.  For sales information, visit http://www.avst.com/contactus/howtobuy.asp.

About AVST
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer of communications solutions with over 10 million users that rely on its products and services to maximize their productivity. With nearly 30 years of innovation excellence, AVST is focused on delivering solutions that increase user and business productivity. Its flagship Unified Communications platform, CallXpress®, offers unprecedented interoperability and delivers advanced call processing, voicemail, unified messaging, personal assistant, fax, speech and notification capabilities. With CallXpress, an organization can protect and extend its existing data and telephony infrastructure investment — now and into the future.

Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Wash. and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices across the United States. AVST's Unified Communications solutions are sold and supported internationally by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. For more information contact Denny Michael, Vice President of Marketing, at 949-699-2300 or access the company's website at www.avst.com.