TravellingWave to bundle VoicePredict™ Speech-to-Text with eZiText™ and eZiType™ Text Prediction

Mobile users typically Tap onto a keypad or Touch a soft-screen display. Many users are familiar with text-prediction, wherein a list of choice words are displayed, based on initial letters typed. TravellingWave’s VoicePredict input method combines this form of text-prediction simultaneously with speech recognition, to result in a fast, easy, and accurate text input for mobile devices.

“The combination of Zi’s eZiText and eZiType text-prediction and TravellingWave’s predictive speech-to-text technology, will enable VoicePredict to deliver greater value for texting and also open up new avenues for our customers with respect to mobile messaging, search, discovery, and mobile advertisement,” said Ashwin Rao, founder and CEO of TravellingWave. “We are delighted to work with Zi Corporation’s proven products, which already reside in two leading mobile handsets. The agreement further validates our technology leadership in the multimodal space.”

Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation, said "We are extremely excited to work with TravellingWave on the cutting edge of voice input innovation to offer new usability solutions to our mutual customers."

About TravellingWave

TravellingWave is an early-stage company that develops software, using speech recognition technology, for entering text into mobile devices. The predictive speech-to-text technology combines traditional predictive text input with speech recognition. The result is an extremely simple, fast, and enhanced interface for mobile users. Founded in Seattle in 2004, TravellingWave is based in Seattle, Washington. The company has been privately funded by the company founder, Dr. Ashwin Rao, and prominent Seattle-based angel investors. TravellingWave has also been partially supported by grant-awards from the National Science Foundation. For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.travellingwave.com

About Zi Corporation

Zi Corporation is a leading provider of discovery and usability solutions for Mobile Search, Input and Advertising. Zi Corporation's suite of award-winning products offers innovative ways for mobile operators to showcase new services and content to their subscribers, while encouraging users to get the most out of their communication devices. Increased device usage can help mobile operators drive additional revenues and lead to improved customer retention.

Zi products are featured on more than 1000 handset models and implemented across most technology platforms in the market today.

Zi is a software company committed exclusively to evolving its innovative product family in support of its licensees worldwide. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is currently listed on NASDAQ (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC). For more information, please visit zicorp.com.