AWA Forges Alliance with Leading Technologists Overseas

Dallas, Texas - August 12, 2002 - Advancing its mission to lead the convergence between the television, telephone, and the computer, Audio Web Access, a voice portal middleware developer and provider of speech-enabled applications today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Ushus Technologies Ltd (UT) based in India and with regional offices in Japan and the middle east. With this partnership, AWA can outsource the development of its proprietary technology and application software platform to Ushus Technologies.

Shammy Khan, Vice President Marketing and Business Development, said "Ushus Technologies is a world-class professional services organization that services global fortune 500 companies and is ISO 9001:2000 certified and assessed at CMM level 3.We can confidently outsource some of our development work to Ushus Technologies without compromising on quality. Ushus is also well represented in the Asian market and this agreement will help us expand our market reach to Asia by leveraging off of their established sales and marketing channels. Additionally, we are also looking at the possibility of integrating UT's Voice over IP application with our proprietary TellnX technology."

Phillip John, President and CEO Ushus, said "Clearly we are excited that AWA has selected us to be their development partner. AWA wanted a partner that had not only the technical skills but also a seasoned management team with global experience. AWA's voice portal concept is unique and has a lot of potential. Further we are also looking at an OEM partnership with AWA Soft a subsidiary of AWA to market our products and services in the US market."

About Audio Web Access
Audio Web Access, Inc. (AWA) is a privately held corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas, focused on the design and development of voice portal middleware applications that allow speech-enabled information access and display anytime, anywhere, via any existing or future communications device. The company's patent pending technology removes media enforced barriers to information access. The technology can be deployed with minimal cost as it leverages existing telephone, Internet and TV infrastructure without the need for any client side hardware or software. For more information about AWA's products and services, please contact the company at 214-468-0414 or visit us online at www.audiowebaccess.com

About Ushus Technologies
Ushus Technologies (P) Ltd. (Ushustech) provides software solutions and consultancy services in the areas of Multimedia, Image processing, Embedded systems, Device drivers, Networking, Enterprise, and Web based applications. Ushustech is located in the heart of Silicon Valley in India and represented in the US through AWA soft. Ushustech is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is one of only a few companies worldwide that is CMM level 3 certified. Ushustech has strong development teams of young engineers from reputed institutions in India led by seasoned project managers who have many years of experience in software development working for leading companies around the world. Ushustech is currently working with several global fortune 500 companies in Japan, U.S. Europe and Asia in the Telecommunication, Process Automation, Health Care, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment and Security industry verticals.