Vocalis Group PLC - Contract Awarded

RNS No 5199h
VOCALIS GROUP PLC
3rd December 1998



    VOCALIS WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY NEW SPEECH DRIVEN
             OPERATOR SYSTEM IN THE AMERICAS
                            
Vocalis   Group  plc,  the  Cambridge  UK  based   speech
recognition telephony company, confirms today that a  new
contract has been signed with Ericsson Telecom AB for the
supply   of  SPEECHtel  to  a  major  telecommunications
network   provider  in  the  Americas.    Initially   the
SPEECHtel  system  will provide a fully automated  speech
driven Collect Call ("reverse the charge") service.   The
value  of the contract is worth in excess of #2.5 million
to Vocalis.

"This order from Ericsson further establishes Vocalis  as
a  world  leader in speech driven services for  telecomms
network   operators,"  comments  Jonathan   Hart,   Sales
Director  at Vocalis Group plc.  "The benefits  for  both
the   network  operator  and  the  customers  are  clear;
increased  efficiency  and  improved  customer   service.
Further  information  about  the  network  operator,  the
solution  and  further development  plans  will  be  made
available as soon as possible."

About Vocalis

Vocalis  Group  plc  builds a range  of  voice  activated
telephony   products   for  telephone   network   service
providers and corporate clients worldwide. Vocalis has  a
proprietary  speech  recognition technology,  SpeechWare,
available  to purchase under license, and user interface,
SUI,  which  helps businesses and people stay  in  touch,
naturally.

Products  include SPEECHtel, a family of voice  activated
service   applications,  such  as  voice   dialling   and
directory  assistance,  for fixed  and  mobile  telephone
operators.  Vocalis'  products also  include  ENtelAgent,
which offers solutions for corporate businesses to manage
routine  call handling tasks and SpeecHTML, which  allows
access   to  websites  via  the  telephone  using  spoken
commands. Vocalis was formed in 1993 and has been trading
on the London Stock Exchange since July 1996.

The Vocalis Website is at http://www.vocalis.com.

The  Vocalis  Website for information and  demos  of  our
exciting   new   internet  product,  SpeecHTML,   is   at
http://www.speechtml.com

Vocalis,   the   Vocalis  logo,  ENtelAgent,   SPEECHtel,
SpeecHTML,  SpeechWare and SUI are trademarks of  Vocalis
Ltd.

For further information contact: -
Jonathan Hart/Philippa Buttle,
Vocalis Group plc
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

Tom Moriarty
Tavistock Communications
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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