PEABODY, Mass., June 25, 2003 - ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), a leading supplier of imaging, speech and language solutions, today announced broad industry support for the ScanSoft® Capture Development System and the availability of its newest edition, version 12. Customers across multiple market segments deploy products and applications that leverage the powerful imaging, recognition and PDF capabilities of the Capture Development System, including companies in document conversion and management, forms processing, production capture and a variety of specialty market applications including bank check remittance and postal mail processing.

Capture Development System version 12 includes several key enhancements, including optical character recognition (OCR) accuracy improvements of more than 25 percent; support for Asian OCR including Japanese, traditional and simplified Chinese, and Korean languages; and enhanced support for PDF including unmatched PDF reading speed and PDF Overlay Matching which provides near 100% character recognition accuracy for the majority of commonly used PDF formats. In addition, new management capabilities allow developers to achieve optimal image throughput for their applications by selecting from multiple page parsers and recognition settings. Version 12 also includes support for a wide range of input/output filters, including PDF, XML and Open eBook standards.

The Capture Development System meets developers' demand for best-in-class performance and has been selected by many market leading commercial and in-house software developers as the product of choice for adding sophisticated imaging, recognition and PDF capabilities to their applications. Examples of this technology can be found in a variety of products from vendors including:

AdLib eDocument Solutions - AdLib eDocument Solutions, a division of AdLib Publishing Systems Inc, is a market leader in developing document conversion, management and delivery solutions. AdLib has selected the Capture Development System to add powerful OCR and PDF capabilities to AdLib eXpress, a PDF conversion engine that enables enterprises to automate electronic document workflow. Implementing the robust OCR and PDF capabilities of the ScanSoft Capture Development System extends the functionality of AdLib eXpress to include the conversion of images and image-only PDFs into searchable PDF and Text output.

"We consider the ScanSoft Capture SDK to be the best in class solution for our customers," said Peter L. Duff P.Eng VP Software Development. "Our worldwide customer base demands the level of speed and accuracy successfully delivered by ScanSoft's technology."

Datacap Inc. - "After a thorough test of competing technologies, comparing a wide range of document qualities, fonts, and image types, ScanSoft's OCR outperformed others with the most consistent and accurate results," said Scott Blau, CEO at Datacap Inc.

Datacap, a leader in developing and marketing software that helps organizations turn paper documents into digital data - quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively, leverages the ScanSoft Capture Development System's highly accurate full-page and zonal OCR capabilities for its Business Document capture system (BDOcs). BDOcs is a rules-based forms and unstructured forms processing product that helps customers reduce the amount of manual data entry required when processing forms and highly variable documents, such as invoices and order forms. Healthcare insurers such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies, Group Health Cooperative of Seattle, and the Healthlink division of Wellpoint depend on BDOcs and the accuracy of ScanSoft's OCR to process tens of thousands of health insurance claims each day.

Omtool - Omtool, a leading provider of enterprise document messaging applications, has selected the ScanSoft Capture Development System for its AccuRoute product, a document delivery software suite that dramatically enhances the functionality and ease of use of multifunction devices. With the press of a button, paper is automatically converted via ScanSoft's OCR for delivery in edit-ready formats such as searchable PDFs, Word and WordPerfect.

"ScanSoft's recognition technology is highly effective within AccuRoute because it provides the most accurate conversion, the widest variety of file format options, and the speed of processing required for instant delivery," said Thaddeus Bouchard, Omtool's chief technology officer. "When hardcopy is inserted into the electronic environment, our customers must be confident that the integrity of content will be maintained, that they will have control over the final format of their documents, and that converting from paper to digital files will save them time and money - ScanSoft helps AccuRoute and our customers achieve these goals."

The ScanSoft Capture Development System is based on the imaging technology within ScanSoft OmniPage Pro®, the leading application for desktop OCR and PDF conversion. ScanSoft imaging and OCR developer tools are used in nearly all commercial applications that support capture features, including Autodesk Raster Design, Canon imageWARE, Cardiff TELEform, FileNET Panagon Capture, Kofax Ascent Capture, Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft SharePoint.

"The Capture Development System and the significant enhancements in this new version release deliver all the imaging, recognition and PDF tools that software developers, VARs and systems integrators need to extend the capabilities of their products and offer customers significant time and cost savings," said Robert Weideman, chief marketing officer at ScanSoft. "We are pleased by the market's response to our solutions and the support from these leading technology vendors showcases the value ScanSoft can add to a range of applications and products."

Availability

The ScanSoft Capture Development System 12 is available with pricing starting at $4,495. For more information please visit www.ScanSoft.com/CaptureSDK or call ScanSoft at (1) 978-977-2445.

About ScanSoft

ScanSoft, Inc. is a 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 additional information on the company, please visit www.ScanSoft.com.

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The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with market trends, competitive factors, and other risks identified in ScanSoft's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.

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