MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrea Electronics Corporation (Amex: AND) announced today that the Company is participating in SpeechTEK 2000, the leading forum for the speech recognition technology industry, taking place November 2nd and 3rd at The Hilton New York and Towers. At the show, Andrea Electronics will be demonstrating its latest digital signal processor (DSP)-based audio input technologies for automotive and desktop environments, as well as its family of Universal Serial Bus (USB) microphone products and cost-effective NC-110 headset products.

In addition, Andrea Electronics will be participating in the Microphones and Headsets conference session, taking place Friday, November 3rd, from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The session will address the new environments that speech solutions are moving into, such as automobiles and mobile devices, and what challenges these changes present to developers trying to achieve accurate speech recognition in high-noise and variable-noise environments.

"SpeechTEK has always provided an excellent opportunity for us to come together with other speech industry leaders to discuss what developments are underway and how we, as technology providers, can deliver better solutions for the demanding needs of the marketplace," said Douglas J. Andrea, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Andrea Electronics Corporation. "Presently, we are focusing on Andrea's ability to scale and embed our technology for the changing speech marketplace with our digital audio software across a variety of platforms, including Microsoft's recently introduced speech toolkit, SAPI 5.0 for Windows(R) applications."

    SHOW
    HOURS:     November 2, 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
               November 3, 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

For more information, please call Jean Mulry at Andrea Electronics: 800-442-7787.

About Andrea Electronics

Andrea Electronics Corporation designs, develops and manufactures audio technologies and equipment for enhancing applications that require high performance and high quality voice input. The Company's patented Active Noise Reduction (ANR READY(R)) earphone, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) near-field microphone, patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA(R)) and patent-pending Directional Finding and Tracking Array (DFTA(TM)) far-field microphone technologies enhance a wide range of audio products to eliminate background noise and ensure the optimum performance of voice applications. Applications for the Company's technologies include: speech recognition programs, Internet telephony, video/audio conferencing, automobile PCs, home automation systems, hand-held devices and multiplayer online games, among others. OEM and software publisher customers and strategic partners of Andrea Electronics' include: IBM Corporation, Intel Corporation, Donnelly Corporation, Symbol Technologies, Inc., Clarion Corporation of America, Microsoft Corporation, Lernout & Hauspie, ScreenFriends Corporation, Audio-Technica, U.S., Inc., J. D'Addario & Co., DeltaThree.com, Lotus Development Corporation, Fonix Corporation, HearMe, Centra Software, Inc., Logitech, Inc., Net2Phone, Inc., Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. and ZeroPlus.com, among others. Visit Andrea Electronics' websites at http://www.AndreaElectronics.com and http://www.AudioCommander.com or call 800-707-5779.

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve matters that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors, that may affect the business and prospects of Andrea Electronics Corporation (the "Company"). The Company cautions investors about the following significant factors, which, among others, have in some cases affected the Company's actual results and are in the future likely to affect the Company's actual results and could cause them to differ materially from those expressed in any forward- looking statements: the rate at which Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea technologies are accepted in the marketplace; the competitiveness of Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea products in terms of technical specifications, quality, price, reliability and service; the sufficiency of the Company's funds for research and development, marketing and general and administrative expenses; infringement and other disputes relating to patents and other intellectual property rights held or licensed by the Company or third parties; and the Company's continuing ability to enter and maintain collaborative relationships with other manufacturers, software authoring and publishing companies, and distributors. No assurance can be given that the Company will achieve any material sales or profits from the products introduced in this release. These and other similar factors are discussed under the heading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking statements" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's Annual Report to shareholders, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"Andrea Anti-Noise," "ANR Ready," "DSDA," DSDA-PRO," "DFTA," "SuperBeam," "EchoStop," "PureAudio" and "Desktop Array" are trademarks of Andrea Electronics Corporation or an Andrea Electronics Corporation subsidiary.

SOURCE: Andrea Electronics Corporation

CONTACT: At Andrea Electronics - Richard A. Maue, Chief Financial Officer, or Lauren Smith, Marketing Communications Manager, 800-442-7787/