By supporting open standards and porting these applications to the WebSphere platform, ScanSoft can extend its reach throughout IBM's channels and customer base. The two companies will collaborate to ensure that the ScanSoft VoiceRequest and DirectoryAssistance applications are compliant with the VoiceXML 2.0 standard and interoperable with IBM's voice portal solution, WebSphere Voice Application Access. Under this agreement: IBM will Support and Assist ScanSoft in Porting and Testing Its Telephony Applications for IBM's WebSphere Platform - IBM's WebSphere customers will be able to add ScanSoft's VoiceXML-based speech applications to their current platforms. The relationship encompasses dictation applications, telephony-based speech recognition technology and applications, and text-to-speech solutions. (NASDAQ: SSFT), a supplier of imaging, speech and language solutions, announced a set of agreements with IBM through which the companies will extend speech technology and applications across enterprise, desktop and multimodal environments. ScanSoft and IBM to Expand Server, Embedded and Desktop Speech Offerings Speech Technology Magazine's Reference Guide.Speech Technology Case Studies and Market Spotlights.Translation/Globalization/Localization Services.Speaker Identification and Authentication.Natural Language, Machine/Cognitive Learning.