SUDBURY, MA, January 20 – Acoustic Magic, Inc. announced today that it has shipped Voice Tracker™ array microphones to its 175th School/University.

The large number of educational customers validates the value of having a single microphone that can capture questions from the class as well as the lecture from the teacher. The Voice Tracker™ array microphone can capture all the talkers in a classroom, at ranges of 30+ feet, eliminating the need for wireless lapel mics that require batteries, or a series of mixed microphones placed throughout the room.

The Voice Tracker™ array microphone has been endorsed by all the leading manufacturers of lecture capture software, including Tegrity, Panopto, Sonic Foundry Media Site, AnyStream/Echo 360, Camtasia and SmartBoard.

A comment from Al Ducharme, Assistant Dean-Distance and Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida, is typical of the feedback about the Voice Tracker™: “One of the problems we were having was low audio from the instructor and absent audio from students. We were considering an expensive traditional audio system with hanging room microphones and wireless instructor microphones. Fortunately, we discovered Acoustic Magic before we made the purchase. We tested the Voice Tracker™ array microphone, and were amazed to discover that it could pick up students talking in almost a whisper 20 feet away. In addition, the instructor audio contained little noise and allowed the instructor to move about the room without the need for a separate wireless microphone. We have decided to use the Voice Tracker™ array mic exclusively in all of our recording classrooms”.

A link to Al’s test, and a list of the 175 schools using the Voice Tracker™ array mic, can be found on the Education Application page on the Acoustic Magic website.

“Although the Voice Tracker™ is technically sophisticated, it is surprisingly inexpensive (under $300) and provides a very cost-effective solution which is much appreciated by education providers, especially at this time.” said Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, Inc.

The Voice Tracker™ array microphone incorporates two-stage noise reduction, coupled with the sensitivity of eight always on microphone elements, to give the Voice Tracker™ outstanding range and sound quality. The two-stage noise reduction originates with the array microphone locating the person speaking and, using patented steering technology, electronically focusing a “listening beam” in that direction. This creates spatial filtering that eliminates sounds and reverberation from other parts of the room. In addition to spatial filtering, proprietary digital noise reduction processing removes more stationary background noise. The Voice Tracker™ is also the only array microphone on the market that can scan a full 360 degrees.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc
Acoustic Magic, Inc. manufactures the Voice Tracker™ desktop array microphone that has found application in automatic speech recognition, meeting and lecture recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Further information about Acoustic Magic and the Voice Tracker™ array microphone can be found at //www.Acoustic Magic.com.

– First Highly Accurate Desktop Microphone that picks up questions from throughout the room at ranges up to 30 feet, while suppressing background noise –

SUDBURY, MA, June 16, 2009 – Acoustic Magic, Inc. and Panopto Inc, today announced that the Voice Tracker™ array microphone is now recommended for use with CourseCast, a leading lecture capture product.

Now for the first time, a single microphone can capture questions from the class as well as the lecture from the teacher. There is no need for wireless lapel mics that require batteries, or a series of mixed microphones placed throughout the room.

“In our tests, it delivered as promised: excellent sound quality, even at a distance, consistent and configuration-free speaker tracking, and near-elimination of ambient noises like vents, fans, and traffic drone”, explained Eric Burns, founder and CTO of Panopto, Inc. “In an echo-prone room with bare floors, high ceilings, and bare brick walls, the Voice Tracker™ produced professional-sounding audio with no fuss. Panopto is proud to recommend it to our customers; it is an exciting product that fills a niche underserved by existing solutions.”

“Acoustic Magic is excited that Panopto endorses our Voice Tracker™ microphone for meeting and classroom recording.” said Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, Inc. “Although the Voice Tracker™ is technically sophisticated, its is surprisingly inexpensive (under $300) and provides a very cost-effective solution which is much appreciated by education providers, especially at this time.”

The Voice Tracker USB array microphone incorporates two-stage noise reduction, coupled with the sensitivity of eight microphone elements, to give the Voice Tracker™ outstanding range and sound quality. The two-stage noise reduction originates with the array microphone locating the person speaking and, using patented steering technology, electronically focusing the microphone elements in their direction, creating the spatial filtering that eliminates sounds and reverberation from other parts of the room. In addition to spatial filtering, proprietary digital noise reduction processing removes additional background noise. The combination of these digital noise reduction algorithms and eight continual-processing microphone elements together greatly enhance sound quality. The Voice Tracker™ is also the only array microphone on the market that can scan a full 360 degrees.

Panopto’s presentation capture suite is used in a wide variety of scenarios, from educational lectures to corporate meetings to personal, self-serve video multimedia capture from the desktop. These different scenarios demand different types of capture hardware, and Acoustic Magic’s Voice Tracker™ microphone fills an important and surprisingly broad requirement: far superior to integrated laptop and webcam mics, more versatile than professional directional mics, and free of the hassle of lapel or headset microphones, the Voice Tracker™ is ideal for a simple, self-serve presentation recording setup.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc
Acoustic Magic, Inc. manufactures the Voice Tracker™ desktop array microphone that has found application in automatic speech recognition, meeting and lecture recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Further information about Acoustic Magic and the Voice Tracker™ array microphone can be found at www.Acoustic Magic.com

About Panopto, Inc.
Panopto, Inc. is a privately held provider of rich-media knowledge casting and management solutions to the education, corporate, government and healthcare markets. Panopto Hosted is available on monthly and annual subscription levels. CourseCast is a trademark of Panopto, Inc. All other brand, product, service and feature names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. More information about Panopto can be found at www.panopto.com. Contact: Beth Bellon.

– First Highly Accurate Desktop Microphone To Capture Most Human Voices For Dictation with MacSpeech Dictate From More Than a Foot Away –

SALEM, N.H., April 21, 2009 – MacSpeech, Inc. and Acoustic Magic, Inc. today announced the Voice Tracker™ USB array microphone is now certified for use with MacSpeech® Dictate, the premier speech recognition solution for the Macintosh.

Now for the first time, the Voice Tracker™ USB array microphone from Acoustic Magic can be used with MacSpeech Dictate for voice input and control of the Macintosh without wearing a headset or requiring the speaker to remain stationary. The Voice Tracker™ USB array microphone is available immediately for US$297 directly from MacSpeech, Inc. at www.macspeech.com.

“MacSpeech Dictate provides state-of-the-art speech recognition for the Macintosh,” explained Andrew Taylor, founder and CEO of MacSpeech, Inc. “The Voice Tracker™ USB provides state-of-the-art array microphone technology. We’re thrilled to offer this high-end, multi-function microphone as an option for a variety of our customers.”

“Acoustic Magic is excited that MacSpeech certified our Voice Tracker™ USB microphone for use with MacSpeech Dictate,” said Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, Inc. “This designation allows Macintosh users to dictate and control their computers hands free and without the burden of wearing a headset. The Voice Tracker™ USB is truly a multi-purpose microphone that can pick up the human voice at ranges of 30 feet for meeting recording, 20 feet for voice control, and for those who speak clearly more than a foot away for full vocabulary dictation.”

The Voice Tracker USB array microphone provides two-stage noise reduction, coupled with the sensitivity of eight microphone elements, to give the Voice Tracker™ USB outstanding range and sound quality ideal for use with speech recognition software. The two-stage noise reduction originates with the array microphone locating the person speaking and, using patented steering technology, electronically focusing the microphone elements in their direction, creating the spatial filtering that eliminates sounds and reverberation from other parts of the room. In addition to spatial filtering, proprietary digital noise reduction processing removes additional background noise. The combination of these digital noise reduction algorithms and eight continual-processing microphone elements together greatly enhance sound quality. The Voice Tracker™ USB is also the only array microphone on the market that can scan a full 180 degrees.

MacSpeech Dictate is the only desktop speech recognition solution for the Macintosh. MacSpeech Dictate provides unprecedented speech recognition accuracy with minimal training and works with existing Mac applications. MacSpeech Dictate delivers a truly Mac user experience, and conforms to behaviors already familiar to Macintosh fans worldwide. Beyond dictation, MacSpeech Dictate lets people perform basic navigation of their Mac and control it with their voice to launch applications, open new windows, execute menu commands, etc.

Compatibility and Availability

The Voice Tracker USB array microphone from Acoustic Magic, Inc. is available today for use with MacSpeech Dictate and ships with the requisite USB adapter. MacSpeech Dictate requires Intel-based Macintosh hardware and requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.2 and higher.

Current owners of the Voice Tracker™ USB array microphone can incorporate their microphone with MacSpeech Dictate today. New orders of MacSpeech Dictate with the Voice Tracker™ USB array microphone option are available immediately directly from MacSpeech, only in the U.S. and U.K. In the United States, MacSpeech Dictate with Voice Tracker™ USB is priced at US $439, and the Voice Tracker™ USB alone is priced at US$297. In the U.K. MacSpeech Dictate with Voice Tracker™ USB is priced at £419.95 and the Voice Tracker™ USB alone is priced at £279.95. Orders from all other countries are subject to significant additional customs and shipping charges.

Orders can be placed immediately at www.macspeech.com in the U.S., at www.macspeech.co.uk in the U.K.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc

Acoustic Magic, Inc. manufactures the Voice Tracker™ desktop array microphone that has found application in automatic speech recognition, meeting and lecture recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Further information about Acoustic Magic and the Voice Tracker™ array microphone can be found at www.Acoustic Magic.com/.

About MacSpeech, Inc.

MacSpeech, a Mac-only company dedicated to producing the finest speech products for Macintosh, celebrated its ten-year anniversary throughout 2007. Further information on MacSpeech can be found at www.macspeech.com/.

Sudbury MA—January 16, 2008 – Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center wanted to use the “Voice Clip” feature in their PACs system, but didn’t want to encumber their Radiologists with headset microphones. The Voice Tracker™ desktop array microphone was able to pickup the Radiologist’s comments, while filtering out the background noise.

According to Jerrod L Davis, Director of Radiology at Twin Lakes, “The Amicas Vision Series PACs system allows the Radiologist to leave a “Voice Clip” for referring physicians to listen to right away, so they don’t have to wait for the report. The problem we faced was finding a handsfree/headset free microphone that was good enough. We experimented with several microphones that simply could not pick up the voice or picked up every noise in the surrounding area. Finally, we tried the Voice Tracker, and it was perfect for the “Voice Clips”. The Voice Tracker™ doesn’t pick up noises outside the listening range and the Radiologist doesn’t have to talk louder or directly into it.”

Davis indicated he would also use the Voice Tracker™ with automatic speech recognition-based dictation software.

The Voice Tracker™ locates a talker and electronically steers a “listening beam,” like an acoustic searchlight, in that direction. This creates spatial filtering; sounds from other parts of the room are not picked up. In addition, digital noise reduction processing removes background noise. This two-stage noise reduction, coupled with the sensitivity of eight always on microphone elements, gives the Voice Tracker™ outstanding range and sound quality.

“We are very pleased to be associated with a quality organization such as Twin Lakes, and are excited that our microphone has found a new application in the PACs arena,” said Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, designer of the Voice Tracker™ Array microphone.

About Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center:

Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center is a 75 bed acute care facility located in Leitchfield, KY.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc.

Acoustic Magic, Inc., located in the Boston suburbs, manufactures the patented Voice Tracker™ array desktop microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. The Voice Tracker™ Array microphone has been Certified by Dragon and ViaVoice speech recognition software, HomeSeer Home Automation software, as well as SoniClear, WinScribe dictation recording software. For additional information, visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here

Array microphone provides unsurpassed recognition accuracy even with talkers separated by several feet.

Sudbury, MA, June 27, 2007 – Acoustic Magic, Inc., the leader in array microphone technology, announced today that its Voice Tracker™ array microphone technology has been built in to a tablet-like language translator developed by Secure Communications Systems, Inc, a leader in ruggedized PC devices. The Voice Tracker™ provides high quality, long-range audio pickup, which is particularly important in language translation applications for the military as it provides a safety stand off range for the warfighter that is essential in protecting our troops while enabling them to communicate across a language barrier.

“Acoustic Magic’s array microphone technology gives the Lynx unique capability that is essential for practical speech to speech translation in the field as the users do not have to pass around a handheld microphone,” said Dick Darden, VP Speech Translation Programs at SecureComm. The array steers a “listening beam” to the talker, reducing noise from other directions. “In some of our tests, the sound quality from a speaker at 6-8ft was so good that we had almost 100% recognition accuracy at realistic background noise levels with speech to speech software.”

The microphone array is located around the periphery of the 5.5″ X 4.5″ lid, which is raised in operation so talkers in front of as well as behind the tablet can be “heard”, enabling two way conversation. The Lynx translator is designed to be a generic platform suitable to host any speech to speech software such as SRI International IraqComm™ and IBM MASTOR, as well as that of other vendors.

According to Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, “the Voice Tracker™ array microphone technology is ideal for embedded applications in PC tablets because the number of the microphone elements, and their placement, can easily be changed. In addition, the beamforming and noise reduction software runs on our own DSP, eliminating drain on the PC’s processor and memory.”

About Acoustic Magic

Acoustic Magic, Inc., located near Boston, manufactures the standalone Voice Tracker™ desktop array microphone as well as embedded array mics. The Voice Tracker™ has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Dragon, ViaVoice and iListen speech recognition software; HomeSeer and HAL Home Automation software; as well as WinScribe and SoniClear meeting recording software, have certified the Voice Tracker™ Array Microphone. For additional information, visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here.

About Secure Communication Systems, Inc.

Secure Communication Systems, located in Santa Ana, California has been providing hardware solutions to the US DOD since 1986. Secure is a service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) with revenue of $23 million annually. The company is 49% owned by PMC Global, a privately held company with revenues in excess of $700 million annually and 51% owned by Allen Ronk, founder, and President. Secure is currently the supplier of the US Army Air Warrior Electronic Data Manager with over 1500 units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Microphone provides High Quality, Long Range Audio for IP-Surveillance Systems

Sudbury, MA, November 9, 2006 – Acoustic Magic, Inc., the leader in array microphone technology, announced today that its Voice Tracker™ microphone has been approved for use with network cameras and video servers from Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market. The Voice Tracker™ provides long-range audio pickup, which is particularly important in remote monitoring, security, surveillance and broadcasting applications.

“Network video systems can easily incorporate audio, a major benefit that IP-Surveillance provides over analog DVR systems,” said Fredrik Nilsson, general manager for Axis Communications. “Quality microphones – like those from Acoustic Magic – are critical in order to effectively use audio detection technology and audio recoding features available through the latest generation of network cameras and video servers.”

The Voice Tracker’s unique technology locates the region where the conversation is coming from and electronically and automatically steers a “listening beam,” like an acoustic searchlight, in that direction. This creates spatial filtering, and “noise” from other parts of the room is not picked up.

According to Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, “the Voice Tracker™ microphone is effective in somewhat noisy environments like convenience stores because it reduces background noise by utilizing both spatial filtering and digital noise reduction. It also has improved sensitivity by constructively adding the outputs of the 8 individual microphone elements in the array.”

The Voice Tracker™ connects directly to Axis network cameras through a 3.5mm plug.

About Acoustic Magic

Acoustic Magic, Inc., located near Boston, manufactures the Voice TrackerTM desktop array microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Dragon, ViaVoice and iListen speech recognition software; HomeSeer and HAL Home Automation software; as well as WinScribe and SoniClear meeting recording software, have certified the Voice TrackerTM Array Microphone. For additional information, visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here.

Sudbury, MA June 12, 2006 – Finding a microphone that can pick up all the talkers in a large group meeting or distance learning class, while suppressing background room noise so the conversation can be heard at the far end, is a challenge. Often, individual headset microphones are used, but they are not practical when large numbers are required. Conventional conferencing microphones are also expensive, and have limited range for large audiences.

Ohio University has found a solution in the Voice Tracker™ array desktop microphone, and has used it successfully with Adobe Macromedia Breeze™, Skype™, WebEx™ and Windows Media Encoder™ for web casts and conferences.

David Underwood of the College of Business at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio), reports: “The Voice Tracker™ is great for 15-20 person seminars and meetings, at ranges up to 20 feet. Although I could put lavaliere mics on the professors, the Voice Tracker™ gives him or her freedom to not worry about microphone placement and drop out; and the Voice Tracker™ does a great job picking up the questions from the back of the room. We have been configuring it with an audio mixer in our international and regional graduate programs for Adobe Macromedia Breeze and SKYPE conferences since December. With some bottom EQ added to the output, it makes the Internet sound really good.”

According to Bob Feingold, founder of Acoustic Magic, Inc., the Voice Tracker™ is the first desktop microphone that is effective in large group conferencing applications because it combines two levels of noise reduction with a wide field of view.

It locates a talker and electronically steers a “listening beam,” like an acoustic searchlight, in that direction. This creates spatial filtering; sounds from other parts of the room are not picked up. In addition, the Voice Tracker™ removes “stationary” background noise with digital noise reduction algorithms. This two-stage noise reduction, coupled with increased sensitivity since the Voice Tracker’s eight microphone elements are used continuously and constructively, give the Voice Tracker™ outstanding range and sound quality.

The Voice Tracker™ can be connected to a PC through the sound card, or through a USB port using the optional USB adapter.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc. Acoustic Magic, Inc., located near Boston, manufactures the Voice Tracker™ desktop microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, distance learning, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Dragon, iListen, and ViaVoice (speech recognition), HomeSeer, One Voice and HAL (Home Automation), Adobe Macromedia Breeze (web conferencing) as well as WinScribe and SoniClear (meeting recording) have certified the Voice Tracker™ array microphone. For additional information, visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here.

About Ohio University College of Business. The College of Business at Ohio University prepares graduates for business success in Ohio and globally. Ohio University has offered business courses since 1893. Today the College of Business offers 10 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration (MBA), and enrolls about 1,800 undergraduate and 60 full-time resident graduate students annually. It was originally accredited by the Assembly to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in 1950. MBA programs currently exist in India and Brazil and customized Corporate MBAs are offered world-wide.

International programs for undergraduates, such as the Global Competitiveness Program (GCP), develop consulting skills as the students work in teams with business students from a foreign university on projects for real client companies in another country.

Sudbury, MA May, 2006 – Finding a microphone that can pick up all the talkers in a large group meeting or distance learning class, while suppressing background room noise so the conversation can be heard at the far end, is a challenge. Often, conferencing systems employ extension or satellite microphones, which are expensive and take up table space.

Interact Devices, Inc. has found the solution in the Voice Tracker™ desktop array microphone, and selected it to be an integral part of their new, unique video conferencing system.

John Wilkerson, Vice President of Technology for Interact Devices, Inc states “we wanted a microphone that would match our high quality video (up to 30 frames per sec). We choose the Voice Tracker™ array desktop microphone because its signal to noise ratio is so good it can cover the entire room. Its exceptional signal to noise ratio also makes our acoustic echo canceller work better.”

According to Bob Feingold, founder of Acoustic Magic, Inc., “users like the Voice Tracker™ for large group conferencing applications because, as a single microphone, it is cost effective and can free up table space.” Users sometimes mount the Voice Tracker™ on the ceiling, further reducing table clutter and installation cost.”

The Voice Tracker™ array microphone locates a talker and electronically steers a “listening beam,” like an acoustic searchlight, in that direction. This creates spatial filtering; sounds from other parts of the room are not picked up. In addition, the Voice Tracker™ removes “stationary” background noise with digital noise reduction algorithms. This two-stage noise reduction, coupled with increased sensitivity since the Voice Tracker’s eight microphone elements are used continuously and constructively, give the Voice Tracker™ outstanding range and sound quality.

About Interact Devices, Inc. Interact Devices, Inc., located in Folsom, CA, is a subsidiary of Broadcast International. Their video conferencing system employs the CodecSys System, a patent-pending technology that creates excellent quality video and audio transmission at a fraction of the bandwidth than has been traditionally required. CodecSys employs real-time artificial intelligence systems to dynamically change codecs or codec settings – on the fly – on a scene-by-scene or even frame-by-frame basis. CodecSys provides the highest quality in full-screen, full-motion video at the lowest possible bandwidths. For additional information, visit www.InteractDevices.com.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc. Acoustic Magic, Inc., located in the Boston suburbs, manufactures a desktop microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. The Voice Trackertm Array microphone has been Certified by Dragon and ViaVoice speech recognition software, HomeSeer Home Automation software, as well as WinScribe and TranscriptionGear dictation recording software. For additional information visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here.

Sudbury, MA, February 2, 2006 – Acoustic Magic announced a new addition to the list of suppliers of home automation software that have endorsed its Voice Tracker™ array microphone for voice control in large room environments.

One Voice Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ONEV) has begun marketing the Voice Tracker™ Array Microphone, which enables voice interaction with One Voice’s Media Center Communicator™ from ranges of 20 feet or more.

According to Dean Weber, president and CEO of One Voice, Inc., “the Voice Tracker’s sensitivity and noise reduction capabilities significantly extend the effective range of voice control. During tests in a 17 ft X 22 ft family room, we were able to control the television, stereo, etc. from any seating position.”

Media Center Communicator™ users are equally enthusiastic. According to Christopher Addicott, of Chris Addicott Associates Ltd in the UK, “Quite simply this combination is capable of taking the user experience to the next level.”

Enclosed in a sleek charcoal gray casing, the Voice Tracker™ fits unobtrusively on a shelf or table and employs a “listening beam” that electronically focuses on talkers located in different positions around the room. The beam acts as an acoustic searchlight, picking up voices but spatially filtering out background noise.

The Voice Tracker™ is the only array microphone on the market that can scan a full 180 degrees; it can steer from one talker to the next in a few milliseconds. Its eight microphone elements and digital noise reduction algorithms greatly enhance sound quality. It can be connected to a PC through the sound card, or through the USB port (with an optional USB adapter).

One Voice’s Media Center Communicator is a complete in-home multimedia communications package for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 – enabling users to speak, using voice recognition, to play and view all their digital content from MP3 music, digital photos, slideshows, videos, live TV and much more. Media Center Communicator also comes with a suite of communications features to send and read E-mail, SMS text messaging to mobile phones, Instant Messaging (IM), full motion PC-to-PC audio and video chat and PC-to-Phone calling to any phone within the U.S. and Canada.

About One Voice, Inc. One Voice Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ONEV) is the world’s first developer of 4th Generation voice solutions for the Telecom and Interactive Multimedia markets. Our Intelligent Voice™ solutions employ revolutionary, patented technology that allows people to send messages (E-mail, SMS, Instant Messaging and paging), purchase products, get information and control devices – all by using their voice. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit www.onev.com.

About Acoustic Magic, Inc. Acoustic Magic, Inc., located near Boston, manufactures the Voice Tracker™ desktop microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. Dragon, iListen, and ViaVoice speech recognition software, HomeSeer and HAL Home Automation software, as well as WinScribe and SoniClear recording software have certified the Voice Tracker™ Array microphone. For additional information, visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here.

Media Center Communicator is a trademark of One Voice Technologies, Inc.

IRVINE, Calif., March 17, 2005 – Westec InterActive, the leader in interactive remote security monitoring for convenience store, retail, restaurant and other business applications, today announced that it has selected Acoustic Magic’s Voice Tracker™ array microphone to be used for enhanced audio in retail and restaurant audio/video surveillance applications. The decision was made after it was tested in several Circle K, 7-Eleven and McDonalds sites that have Westec interactive security systems.

“Acoustic Magic’s Voice Tracker™ array microphones proved to be very effective in recording conversations in settings where there is a lot of background noise, such as convenience stores,” said Michael J. Upp, Vice President, Business Development for Westec InterActive. “The Voice Tracker™ reduced the background noise from air conditioners, fans, and other equipment, improving the sound quality of recordings at the stores.”

The Voice Tracker’s unique technology locates the region where the conversation is coming from and electronically steers a “listening beam”, like an acoustic searchlight, in that direction. This creates spatial filtering, and “noise” from other parts of the room is not picked up.

“The ‘listening beam’ allows our Operational Audit Specialists to clearly hear conversations between employees and customers. This helps monitor customer service levels and accurately report findings back to our customers,” says Upp.

According to Acoustic Magic, its Voice Tracker™ microphones are effective in reducing background noise by utilizing both spatial filtering and digital noise reduction. They also have improved sensitivity by constructively adding the outputs of the 8 individual microphone elements in the array.

“Westec InterActive was the first company to recognize the potential of the Voice Tracker™ as a surveillance microphone in convenience stores,” said Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic. “We’re pleased to have our technology used by Westec, the leader in remote access security.”

About Westec InterActive. Westec InterActive, the pioneer of interactive security and remote monitoring, delivers an integrated solution that answers the concern of employee safety, as well as key business operational issues such as shrink, employee turnover and inventory control. Our innovative nature allows us to take a comprehensive approach to security and remote site management. We provide our customers with a full range of business improvement solutions, from basic burglar alarms and quality security equipment to fully integrated interactive remote monitoring systems. For additional information see www.Westecnow.com or contact Teri Bruno (teribruno@aol.com or 714 536 8407 or Andrea Herbert (aherbert@westecnow.com or 949 797 4723)

About Acoustic Magic, Inc. Acoustic Magic, Inc., located near Boston, manufactures the Voice Tracker™ desktop microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. The Voice Tracker™ Array microphone has been Certified by Dragon and ViaVoice speech recognition software, HomeSeer and HAL Home Automation software, as well as WinScribe and SoniClear recording software. For additional information, visit www.Acoustic Magic.com or Contact Us Here.