Voice Assist Named as Finalist in Cloud-Based Innovative Product/Technology Category for TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards

LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Voice Assist, Inc. (OTCBB: VSST), a leading developer of hosted speech services and voice "in-application" technology, has been named a finalist in the Cloud-Based Innovative Product/Technology category for the TechAmerica Orange County High-Tech Innovation Awards. Now in its 18th year, this premier business event celebrates excellence and achievement in the region's technology industry, and honors local companies, individuals and products that drive innovation in Orange County. This year's winners will be announced at a dinner on June 9, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, Calif.

"We had nominations from all of Orange County's most important technology companies," said Bob Brunson, associate director, TechAmerica Orange County. "We congratulate Voice Assist for rising to the finalist ranks. This region boasts many noteworthy companies, including Voice Assist, that continue to influence technology development throughout the rest of the world, and we're excited to help highlight them."

"We are honored to be recognized along with other quality technology companies in Orange County," said Michael Metcalf, chairman and CEO of Voice Assist.  "Voice Assist is gaining momentum and the product and technology is starting to gain recognition by customers and the media alike.  In March, during CTIA Wireless 2011, we announced our partnership with Jabra.  Prior to the show, the Jabra FREEWAY, in which the Voice Assist product is bundled, was named a winner of the 2011 red dot awards for product design and then during the show, Laptop Magazine named the Jabra FREEWAY the 'Best of CTIA Wireless 2011'. We are pleased with the acclaim our technology is receiving."

The awards categories this year include the Harvey Mudd College Green Engineering Award, Innovative Product/Technology In 2010, Outstanding CEO In Technology and Outstanding Technology Company.

In addition to the awards, TechAmerica Orange County will recognize educators and students for their innovative use of science, math, and technology in the classroom and the community in conjunction with Project Tomorrow. The organization is the nation's leading education nonprofit group focused on preparing today's students to be tomorrow's innovators.

For more information, please visit www.techamerica.org/hta18.

About TechAmerica

TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry – the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 1,200 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines. TechAmerica is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing).It was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA).Learn more about TechAmerica at www.techamerica.org.

About Voice Assist

Headquartered in Lake Forest, Calif., Voice Assist is a hosted speech services company that enables voice in any application, network and device.  The company's cloud-based speech platform eliminates the need to use a keyboard or keypad to interact, and enables users to communicate, connect or transact using any application on any phone or IP-connected device.  The Voice Assist platform includes a fast and safe way to make calls, manage your e-mails, send text messages and post to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter by voice commands and provides a scalable solution for developers to add voice to any application.  For more information on the company, visit www.voiceassist.com.  

Forward-Looking Statement: The statements in this press release regarding any implied or perceived benefits from this nomination are forward-looking statements. Statements such as "Voice Assist is gaining momentum and the product and technology is starting to gain recognition by customers and the media alike." involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our ability to retain the executives, the continued ownership and operation of the company, 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.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this news release include market conditions and those set forth in reports or documents we file from time to time with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise or update such statements to reflect current events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

SOURCE Voice Assist, Inc.