Law Office Computing Recognizes ScanSoft OmniPage, The World’s #1 OCR Solution

Readers of Law Office Computing Cast Their Votes; OmniPage Selected as One of the Most Trusted Products for the Legal Profession in 11th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards

BURLINGTON, Mass., August 16, 2005 – ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), a global leader of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that ScanSoft® OmniPage® has been named a finalist in the 11th annual Law Office Computing Readers’ Choice Awards. The winners and finalists, announced in the August/September 2005 issue of Law Office Computing, represent the most used software in the legal technology field today, according to readers.

OmniPage was selected by Law Office Computing readers as a finalist in the Production Tools category. With superior accuracy and speed, OmniPage Professional 15 – the world’s best selling OCR solution – is the most accurate and efficient way to convert, edit, archive and share paper and PDF documents, replacing the need to manually re-create paper and image-based documents and simplifying document workflow and archiving through an automated, electronic process.

“This year’s winners and finalists represent the most widely used and most trusted products available for legal professionals and law firms today,” said Amanda Flatten, Law Office Computing editor and publisher. “We congratulate all of the award winners and finalists on their high standing in the legal community and their commitment to excellence.”

ScanSoft OmniPage Professional – consistently judged the most accurate by independent experts – sets the standard for OCR, PDF and document conversion applications and delivers features and functionality not matched by any other desktop OCR product. OmniPage Professional expands the value of OCR into universal document conversion, and enables users to get more from scanning and archiving to solve difficult digital document conversion problems and to archive any digital format as PDF’s.

“We are proud that OmniPage has been recognized as a leading production tool by the readers of Law Office Computing,” said Robert Weideman, senior vice president, ScanSoft Productivity Applications Division. “This acknowledgement provides further validation that we are truly delivering what the legal and professional communities need to move seamlessly between paper and electronic environments, and to convert, edit, archive and share their documents.”

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About ScanSoft, Inc.

ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT) is a 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.

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