Voice Assist, Inc., (OTC-QB:VSST), today announced that it has named Dean Weber to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer of the Company. Mr. Weber is a voice technology veteran and innovator with more than 20 years of experience in the speech industry. He has developed and sold voice technology solutions worldwide in the telecom, mobile and PC sectors, along with several issued patents that he recently negotiated and sold to Apple for voice technology used in Siri.

“We are extremely excited to add Dean’s talents and experience to our senior management team,” said Michael Metcalf, Voice Assist Chairman and CEO. “His skills and vision will contribute to the ongoing success of Voice Assist and help us realize the full potential of the speech technology market. He has a passion for creating products that inspire and revolutionize the industry and we welcome him to Voice Assist.”

“Voice Assist has great technology and a solid team that is well positioned to become a market leader,” said Dean Weber. “I have always been impressed with Michael’s vision and passion for creating world-class products and services. His strong leadership and entrepreneurial spirit emanate throughout the company and customers. Given the recent Apple launch of Siri, I believe the markets are primed for voice technology as a pervasive interface to their entire digital lifestyle and Voice Assist is ready to deliver on that vision.”

In his career, Mr. Weber launched the industry’s first PC-based virtual personal assistant in 1999 allowing users to speak naturally to search the Internet. He was selected by Warner Home Video to launch the industry’s first voice-controlled DVD games included on all worldwide DVD’s of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets, which were launched in seven languages. In addition, he launched mobile email and voice-to-SMS transcription as a hosted service for more than a dozen wireless phone companies throughout the U.S. and partnered with Philips to customize the product for both German and Austrian German speakers for a trial with T-Mobile Austria. In addition, he partnered with Microsoft’s eHome team to integrate a PTT microphone to be added to the Windows Media Center Remote specification and offered as an OEM bundle with several PC manufacturers. He also launched the telecom industry's first Dial Tone 2.0 service allowing landline subscribers in Mexico and India to use their regular home phone to send / receive email, group call friends and family, setup calendar reminders, access local movie listings, weather and much more. His Say2Play product added voice control for over 140 PC games, allowing gamers to quickly launch macros while keeping their eyes on the screen and hands on the rapid motion controls.

About Voice Assist, Inc.

Voice Assist is the award winning speech platform designed to be used from any phone to get more done fast – by voice. Voice Assist eliminates the need to press buttons on smart phones, tablet PC’s or any other network connected device. Mobile developers and cloud based content providers can leverage Voice Assist’s platform from any phone, PC or tablet Voice Assist’s rapid application development environment and mobile widgets make it easy to add a simple yet powerful voice interface to any application. Voice Assist also offers its hands-free safe driving application and CRM by voice application direct to the public and/or through resellers and private label OEM relationships.

For more information on the company, visit www.voiceassist.com.

Forward-Looking Statement: Statements such as “His skills and vision will contribute to the ongoing success of Voice Assist and help us realize the full potential of the speech technology market" involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to functionality of our technology, and any other difficulties related to risks and effects of legal and administrative proceedings and governmental regulation, future financial and operational results, competition, general economic conditions, and the ability to manage and continue growth.

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