Crescendo wins four awards in one week

LAVAL, QUEBEC, April 16, 2006 - Crescendo Systems Corporation today announced that it is the recipient of four awards delivered by key government and business entities around the globe.

MercadOr - Market Diversification Award - Laval, April 4, 2006
This award, delivered by LAVAL TECHNOPOLE EXPORT, the Business Development Bank of Canada, Canada Economic Development, Export Development Canada, the ministère du Développement économique de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation, honors the company's excellence in diversifying their foreign markets and supporting the Laval, Quebec, economy. Crescendo, which started addressing the documentation needs of the US healthcare sector back in 1990, now also successfully serves other dictation and transcription intensive environments such as law firms, law enforcement agencies, banks and insurance companies across six countries. "Through the spinoffs their international efforts generate, these exporters make a significant contribution to our regional economic development," stated Maude Martin, director of LAVAL TECHNOPOLE EXPORT.

Philips Speech Recognition Marketing Award - Vienna, April 7, 2006
In recognition of successful marketing efforts to increase the recognition of the SpeechMagic^TM brand around the world, this award was presented to Crescendo in Vienna, home town of Philips Speech Recognition Systems, during their 2006 Partner Event. Both companies have been partnering for over four years to provide integrated dictation and speech recognition systems to professionals worldwide.  "We are thrilled that the effort and creativity we contributed to the successful promotion of the SpeechMagic^TM brand has been recognized", says Claire Betis, Marketing Manager. "We are very proud of our partnership with Philips. Speech recognition is a huge step forward for healthcare and it is extremely rewarding to see our combined expertise free our customers from heavy documentation chores."

MTIA Industry Support Award - Chicago, April 8, 2006
Delivered by the Medical Transcription Industry Association, this award recognizes 15 years of continued support to the medical transcription industry. With hundreds of client transcription services across the US to date, Crescendo is indeed a key technology partner for the industry. Thanks to its dedicated transcription and workflow management systems, Crescendo helps services reduce the costs of documentation, billing and payroll, while allowing for the central storage and management of medical data: significant assets when it comes to facing growing offshore competition and delivering on the Government-imposed Electronic Patient Records agendas.

MTIA Circle of Commitment Award - Chicago, April 8, 2006
Also presented to Crescendo during the MTIA 17^th annual conference in Chicago, this award recognizes 13 years of unbroken service as a MTIA exhibitor.

"We feel winning these awards is a great achievement and is further proof that Crescendo continues to set the bar in the industry. They are also a testament to the outstanding efforts of the Crescendo employees throughout the past 15 years", says Costa Mandilaras, President & CEO, Crescendo Systems Corporation.

Press contact
Claire Betis, Marketing Manager
(450) 973-8029
dclaireamien@crescendo.com

About Crescendo Systems Corporation
Crescendo Systems Corporation is a provider of digital dictation, speech recognition, transcription, authentication and workflow management systems for the medical, legal, law enforcement and insurance sectors. Since its inception in 1990, Crescendo has provided more than 2,000 installations totaling over 200,000 users worldwide. The company is now present in Canada, the US, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and Hong Kong. http://www.crescendo.com/