For Release Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Contact: rdellis@nextup.com

"In supporting our other Text-to-Speech products, we hear from so many who lose their voices to ALS, cancer, strokes and other conditions," said Rick Ellis, President of NextUp.com. "Previous technology products available to meet these needs were too often prohibitively expensive for many, so we saw an opportunity to bring them a high-quality but affordable speech solution."

NextUp Talker is a Text To Speech application specifically designed for people who have temporarily or permanently lost their voice. Consumers are able to choose AT&T Natural Voices to easily add a human-sounding speech engine that enables the user to easily communicate with others despite vocal impairments using a Windows PC or Tablet PC. Those affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrigs Disease), Cancer, Stroke, aphasia, or any other disability or affliction causing loss of speech, are able to regain an important part of life by using NextUp Talker to help regain the ability to "talk".

NextUp Talker features convenient shortcuts to quickly enter commonly used sentences and phrases to enable a smooth conversation flow. Users can even enter their own individual phrases and special abbreviations as well, with the ability to adapt to the user's own style and speed and options to speak each word, each sentence, or each paragraph as typed or on demand.

NextUp also offers their customers other innovative applications with the option of using AT&T Natural Voices. TextAloud(TM) speaks any text such as web pages, documents, emails, PDF documents and e-books aloud or to audio file. NewsAloud(TM) is a talking personal "news agent" that finds the stories users want, and then reads them aloud or to portable MP3 files. WeatherAloud(TM) is a weather application that lets users select and listen to personalized weather forecasts, while StocksAloud(TM) reads stock updates and related news headlines aloud for specific companies of interest.

"Wizzard Software is proud to have established such a long-standing and strong relationship with NextUp," said Danielle Lewis, Marketing Director for Wizzard Software. "AT&T Natural Voices enables companies to provide their end-users with the highest quality speech synthesis at an amazingly reasonable price point. We believe Text to Speech to be an invaluable tool within the accessibility market."

Assistive devices such as NextUp Talker can be a valuable asset to the millions of people affected by loss of speech. According to the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at John Hopkins, Lou Gehrig's Disease affects as many as 30,000 in the United States, with 5,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Aphasia, a total or partial loss of the ability to use words, currently affects about 1 million persons in the United States, with 80,000 more cases diagnosed every year, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

About NextUp:

NextUp.com, a division of NextUp Technologies, LLC, provides award-winning Text-to-Speech software for consumers, business customers, educators, and those with visual impairment or learning disabilities. In addition to NextUp Talker(TM), NextUp.com markets other innovative Windows software designed to save time and deliver vital information. For more information, please visit www.nextup.com.

About Wizzard Software:

Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in the speech technology application development market. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via PC or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors.

In April of 2004, Wizzard acquired MedivoxRx Technologies. Established in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator of "Rex", the talking prescription pill bottle, which "talks" to the patient allowing them to distinguish what type of medication is in the bottle and hear critical information on dosage amounts and refill parameters. Additional information on MedivoxRx can be found at www.rxtalks.com.

In September of 2005, Wizzard acquired Interim Health Care of Wyoming. Based in Casper, Wyoming, Interim is part of the fast growing home health segment of the healthcare industry, providing a wide range of visiting nurse services to the elderly, wounded and sick. It is one of the 300 home health agencies that comprise Interim Health Care.

Legal Notice

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: "Forward-looking Statements" as defined in the Private Securities litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. There are important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions, actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services, changes in our business strategies and acts of terror against the United States.

# # #