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To: Mac who wrote (18631)	11/11/1999 9:42:00 PM
From: Mr Metals	Respond to of 52051

Applies to -- FONX -- PEP -- UTX FONIX NAMES NEW DIRECTOR TO BOARD; MRS. FIELDS CFO ACCEPTS POSITION AS MEMBER OF FONIX BOARD OF DIRECTORS FONIX NAMES NEW DIRECTOR TO BOARD; MRS. FIELDS CFO ACCEPTS POSITION AS MEMBER OF FONIX BOARD OF DIRECTORS SALT LAKE CITY, Nov 9, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Fonix(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq: FONX) announces the appointment of Mark S. Tanner to the company's Board of Directors. Tanner is currently the chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and administration for Mrs. Fields. Tanner's 20-year management career has focused on building corporate value in multinational, turnaround and high-growth corporations as well as not-for-profit entities. Tanner spent nine years at PepsiCo where he was CFO for Pepsi International's $1.5 billion operations in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He was vice president of strategic planning for Pepsi North America, an $8 billion enterprise, as well as CFO for Pepsi North America's $2 billion Pepsi East Operations. Tanner also spent 10 years with United Technologies Corporation in various capacities, including director of corporate development for the large Fortune 20 conglomerate. Tanner holds a BA in economics from Stanford University and a MBA from UCLA. "Mark's financial experience and his expertise in identifying and capitalizing on market opportunities will benefit Fonix as we establish strategic corporate partnerships and continue growth into new markets," stated Thomas A. Murdock, president and chief executive officer of Fonix. Tanner joins Thomas A. Murdock, Roger D. Dudley, John A. Oberteuffer and William A. Maasberg as the fifth member of the Fonix Board of Directors. About Fonix Fonix(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq: FONX) develops and markets software products that enable intuitive human interaction with computers, consumer electronics and other intelligent devices. Leading chip manufacturers, independent software and hardware vendors, and Internet content providers incorporate Fonix technologies to make their products easier and more convenient to use. Fonix products, including text-to-speech (TTS), automatic speech recognition (ASR), and handwriting recognition (HWR) technology, provide the most natural communication solutions available. Fonix solutions can be easily implemented on multiple hardware and software platforms via the Fonix FAAST(TM) (Fonix Application Accelerator Speech Toolkit) software development kit. For more information visit www.fonix.com or call (801) 553-6600. SOURCE Fonix Corporation (C) 1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Michelle Aamodt, Investor Relations, 801-328-0161, invrel@fonix.com, or Laura Kenner, Corporate Communications, 801-553-6600, lkenner@fonix.com, both of Fonix Corporation WEB PAGE: fonix.com GEOGRAPHY: Utah INDUSTRY CODE: CPR SUBJECT CODE: PER