ScanSoft to Present at The Needham & Company Fourth Annual Growth Conference

Webcast, January 10, 2002 at 1:00 p.m.ET

PEABODY, Mass.,- January 3, 2002 -ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), a leading supplier of imaging, speech and language solutions, will present at The Needham & Company Fourth Annual Growth Conference in New York at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 10.

Chairman and CEO Paul Ricci and Chief Financial Officer Rich Palmer will discuss ScanSoft's strategy and growth opportunities for its digital imaging business and the speech and language technologies recently acquired from Lernout & Hauspie.

To listen to the live Webcast presentation, please visit the Investor Relations section of ScanSoft's Web site, www.scansoft.com, at least 10 minutes prior to the event to ensure that the necessary audio applications are downloaded and installed. An archived version of the Webcast will be available on ScanSoft's Web site for one week.

For additional information on The Needham & Company Fourth Annual Growth Conference, please visit www.needhamco.com.

About ScanSoft, Inc

ScanSoft, Inc.(Nasdaq: SSFT) is the leading supplier of imaging, speech and language solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual processes - saving time, increasing worker productivity and improving customer service. For more information regarding ScanSoft products and technologies, please visit www.scansoft.com.

ScanSoft is a registered trademark of ScanSoft, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and trade names mentioned herein are hereby recognized and may be registered to their respective holders.

Contact Information