Dictaphone Corporation Launches Solutions Partner Program; New Solutions Partner Program Offers Profit-Building Opportunities for Authorized Resellers.

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STRATFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2003

Dictaphone Corporation today announced that the Communications Recording Systems (CRS)(TM) group has launched the Solutions Partner Program to authorized resellers.

This new program is aimed at recruiting resellers and increasing distribution of Dictaphone's popular Freedom(R) recording system and other CRS products/solutions.

"Dictaphone has always had strong working partnerships with manufacturers and service providers, including recognized telecommunications and trunked radio vendors. We now want to establish this same type of cooperation with potential resellers," said Ed Rucinski, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Dictaphone's CRS division.

Rucinski continued, "The demand for the family of products we market is growing so quickly that we have decided to enhance our marketing strategies to resellers. We are aggressively recruiting and training resellers, while offering them a very attractive incentive package. We see this as the fastest way to growth, both for ourselves and our resellers."

The Dictaphone CRS Solutions Partner Program initiative requires no annual fee and includes benefits such as: working with CRS direct sales people; training and certification; access to the Dictaphone extranet; branding through the Dictaphone logo program; discounts on CRS products, with the opportunity to realize additional quarterly rebates based on sales volume; toll-free technical support; participation in a co-op trade show campaign; lead generation and referrals; and marketing materials.

Interested resellers should contact Mark Petersen, Director of Business Development [phone], ext. 4746, for more information. For more information about Dictaphone Corporation, visit http://www.dictaphone.com.

About Dictaphone Corporation's Communications Recording Systems

(CRS)(TM) group

A division of Dictaphone Corporation, the CRS group is a leading provider of communications recording and quality management systems for contact centers, financial services, and public safety environments, with over 18,000 installed customers worldwide. Dictaphone Corporation's CRS group's principal product is the network-appliance Freedom(R) recording system. Dictaphone Corporation, with headquarters in Stratford, CT, has over a century of experience in voice technology. For more information, visit http://www.dictaphone.com.

About Dictaphone Corporation's Freedom(R) Recording Systems

Dictaphone Corporation's Freedom(R) product is a network-appliance recording system that gives contact centers, financial services, public safety centers, and any other voice recording environment the ability to easily access and store their recorded audio. The product also provides built-in protection against technological obsolescence. With the Freedom(R) recording system, telephone conversations, as well as radio transmissions, can be stored on any network-attached storage device. A different storage device can be selected in the future without making the current recording system obsolete. Additionally, the Freedom(R) recording system's plug-in telecommunications interface, and its operating system-independent architecture, mean the system can easily be adapted if a customer's phone system, operating system, or network is upgraded. Dictaphone Corporation's Freedom(R) recording system also provides more ways to access and share voice recordings than conventional recording systems. Its network-ready design and standard audio file format make voice files accessible over any LAN/WAN, Internet, or intranet system, using any multi-media PC. In addition, compressed .wav file recordings can be delivered via e-mail, a faster and more cost-effective way to share information than traditional methods of copying and shipping tapes.

Dictaphone Corporation's Freedom(R) recording system has been a runaway success since its launch in the fall of 1999. Since the product's introduction, the company has sold over 8,000 Freedom(R) recording systems, which are installed at some 4,000 individual customer locations around the world. For more information on Freedom(R) recording systems, call 800-886-4908.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are based on Dictaphone Corporation's current expectations and estimates as to prospective events and circumstances that may or may not be in Dictaphone Corporation's control and as to which there can be no firm assurances given. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and there can be no assurance that any of these forward-looking statements may prove to be correct and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad, the ability to complete and deliver products and services within currently estimated time frames and budgets, the ability to effectively manage diverse and geographically dispersed operations, difficulties with integrating product plans, schedules and resources, potential that the information and estimates used to predict future performance were not accurate, market acceptance of Dictaphone Corporation's products, competitive products, pricing pressures, and other risks. Dictaphone Corporation disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Dictaphone(R) and Communication Recording Systems (CRS)(TM) are all trademarks or registered trademarks owned by Dictaphone Corporation. Other products or marks referenced herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Dictaphone Corporation's Freedom(R) recording system is the subject of U.S. and foreign patent applications.