Vocalis Group PLC - Joint Development

RNS No 5927c
VOCALIS GROUP PLC
24th March 1999


             VOCALIS ANNOUNCES JOINT DEVELOPMENT
              WITH ERICSSON AND TELECOM EIREANN
                              
Vocalis,  the  Cambridge based speech recognition  Telephony
Company, announced today a further order for SPEECHtel, it's
intelligent network peripheral platform. The order  is  from
Ericsson's Network Intelligence Design Centre in Dublin.

The  order by Ericsson is for joint development of  advanced
speech  driven  Intelligent Network services,  with  Telecom
Eireann,  an  existing  Ericsson and Vocalis  customer.  The
project  will  develop applications that  will  exploit  the
power of speech recognition. These speech applications  will
replace tone-based services that force the general public to
navigate   complex   multi-layer  menus,   and   which   are
increasingly  becoming unacceptable. Also to be investigated
will   be  the  most  efficient  Intelligent  Network   (IN)
architecture to deploy these services.

"Given  the  choice, people prefer to speak," comments  Andy
Walker,  Product  Marketing Manager for  Vocalis.  "For  the
first  time  Network  Operators  will  be  able  to  rapidly
prototype  and deploy speech applications using  SPEECHtel's
powerful development tools."

Pat  Foley,  Account Director at Ericsson  explains  "Having
worked  with  Vocalis  before we  were  confident  in  their
products  and services. Using their leading-edge  technology
we  will be able to investigate the most efficient and  user
friendly ways of deploying speech driven applications in the
telephone network."

Ericsson  and Telecom Eireann plan to start work immediately
on  implementing  a service that will use  Vocalis'  leading
edge speech recognition technology to provide an Intelligent
Network based call routing capability.

For further information:

Charles Halle                     Tom Moriarty
Vocalis Group plc                 Tavistock Communications Limited
Tel: [phone]                 Tel: [phone]


Notes to editors:
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.

About Ericsson
Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms  world,
with  communications  solutions  that  combine  telecom  and
datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the  user.
With  more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson
simplifies  communications  for  its  customers  -   network
operators,  service providers, enterprises and  consumers  -
the world over.

For further information contact: -
Mr. Pat Scanlon.
T: 00 353 1 2072089.
Email: [e-mail]


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