5.11.2006 ET

(CSRwire) DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2006--Intervoice, Inc. (Nasdaq:INTV), a world leader in converged voice and information solutions, today announced it will sponsor Tufts University's Speech Applications awards ceremony taking place at The Cabot Intercultural Center at Tufts University, Boston, on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. ET. The awards honor outstanding achievements in speech application innovation and design by students participating in the "Engineering Psychology Study in Human Systems" class. The class, co-taught by Blade Kotelly, director of Intervoice's Design and Usability Collaborative, and Joe Lemay, student at MIT Sloan School of Management, teaches students to design and develop fully-functioning prototypes of speech recognition systems, program VoiceXML, and cast and direct voice talent.

The awards ceremony will highlight a number of working applications developed by students. Applications include:

-- iRing by Joe Cerra and Piti Itharat -- This application
leverages the students' patent-pending technology enabling
users to call into a speech recognition system, select a song
from their iTunes music library and send it, as a ring-tone,
to their cell phone or to a friend's. Users can simply say the
title of the song they would like to download or they can
navigate the system using voice commands such as "get
favorites" or "search by genre" to narrow down their song
choices. When the user calls into the system, the application
connects with the iTunes music library in real-time and
generates recognition grammars that the application uses to
accurately understand a single spoken word or phrase which
could be included in any of over 15,000 song names, 1,600
artist names or 175 genres. Once a song has been chosen, users
can select any 20-second excerpt of the song, add a fade in or
fade out if desired, and then send the song as a ring tone to
any Cingular mobile device.

-- FiTracker by David Donatelli -- This system is a virtual
fitness trainer that enables users to call in to a speech
recognition system, log in and be given a workout routine
customized for the type of gym they have access to (large,
mini, or no gym at all). The workout routine is tailored to
ensure that the user focuses on different areas of the body
over the course of several workouts. The users can hear the
workout in a quick-list, detailed-list or an hour long
pod-cast which will automatically sync up with their iPod and
walk them step-by-step through their daily workout.

"More than a third of the students who have taken this class in the past three years have gotten jobs in the industry as speech-interface designers. And it all started with giving the students the opportunity to turn the ideas they dream up into reality by using state-of-the-art speech technology and cutting-edge design techniques. They're pushing creative boundaries in the speech industry," said Kotelly. "The course also helps students go beyond design and production to delve into the business aspects of using technology to bridge communication between two parties. This kind of knowledge and experience helps arm students with insight they can apply immediately on the job."

The awards ceremony will also feature two student-developed prototype speech systems. JoeyTalk, created by Karen Lin, Steve Myrthil and Hao Tran, illustrates the way students will be able to get real-time GPS information about the Tufts shuttle bus system (called the Joey by students). The Massachusetts Hospital Hotline, created by Augustin Carr, Alexis Liistro and Denise Lyn-Shue, addresses the 2007 Massachusetts initiative requiring that all residents have health-insurance by providing automated HIPPA-compliant access to information and transactions.

About Intervoice

Intervoice, Inc. (Nasdaq:INTV) provides leading enterprises and network operators with the Intervoice Solutions Framework, including the platform, software, applications and services necessary to optimize the customer experience through the delivery of voice automation solutions. Intervoice Media Exchange, the open, standards-based multi-media platform, offers unparalleled flexibility for advanced multi-media messaging, portal, IVR and payment applications. The Company is focused on the enterprise and network markets, providing solutions that improve operational efficiencies, drive revenue and increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. Building on more than 20 years of systems integration and service delivery experience, the Professional Services Agility Suite from Intervoice is designed to provide proven best practices toward design, implementation, and optimization of voice applications. Intervoice systems have been proven in more than 23,000 implementations worldwide at companies across a variety of industries. A Microsoft Certified Partner and Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, Intervoice is headquartered in Dallas with offices in Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.intervoice.com.

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