PEABODY, Mass., May 27, 2005 – ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), a global leader of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that ScanSoft® PDF Converter Professional has received the renowned Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 20th Annual Codie Award for “Best Business Productivity Product or Service.” ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional is a fast and affordable solution that brings PDF creation, conversion, editing and form filling to every business desktop. PDF Converter Professional provides business users with a complete PDF solution for just $99 – eliminating the historical trade-off between price and functionality.

Established in 1986, the Codie Awards are the longest-running awards program in the software and information industry, acknowledging the industry’s most innovative products and services. Industry-leading software and information industry trade journalists, national technology writers and analysts and education technology specialists reviewed all nominees and hand-picked only the best to receive 20th Annual Codie Awards. ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional was selected as the award-winner from a pool of more than 46 other products in the “Best Business Productivity Product or Service” category.

“The 20th Annual Codie Awards continues SIIA’s tradition of celebrating the best products in the software and information industry.” said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA, "Being chosen as the winning company from among so many fine nominees is a tremendous achievement. I congratulate all of the companies.”

Known by millions for its PaperPort®, OmniPage®, OmniForm® and Dragon NaturallySpeaking® office productivity applications, ScanSoft has quickly earned the reputation for delivering PDF solutions that have the price, features and performance needed to put PDF on every business desktop.

ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional

ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional brings PDF creation, conversion, editing and form filling to every business desktop, providing business users with a complete PDF solution for just $99 – 66% less than alternatives. High quality PDF files can be created from any PC application, or converted into fully-formatted Microsoft Word, Excel, and Corel WordPerfect documents, forms and spreadsheets and back again. This allows the user to share documents and adds editing capabilities for working with PDF files. Users can also leverage enhanced security settings such as watermarking, permissions and encryption to PDF files. PDF Converter Professional is the first full-featured PDF product designed and priced specifically for business.

“We are proud that PDF Converter has been recognized as a leading business productivity solution by such an esteemed trade organization as SIIA,” said Robert Weideman, senior vice president, ScanSoft Productivity Applications. “This acknowledgement provides further validation that we are truly delivering what it takes to provide ‘Better PDF for Business’ by offering features designed specifically for increasing business productivity.”

A complete list of winners can be found at http://www.siia.net/codies/2005/winners.asp.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education, and intellectual property protection to more than 750 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net

About ScanSoft, Inc.

ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT) is the global leader of speech and imaging 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.

Trademark reference: Better PDF for Business, Dragon, NaturallySpeaking, OmniForm, OmniPage, PaperPort, ScanSoft and the ScanSoft logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other company or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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