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SOURCE: Andrea Electronics

Andrea Electronics Endorsed by Centra to Provide High Quality PC Audio Products to Broad Base of Fortune 1000 Customers

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrea Electronics (Amex: AND - news), a leading PC audio equipment and software developer, announced today that they have been recommended by Centra (Nasdaq: CTRA - news), the world's leading prov ider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and Internet business collaboration, as a vendor of choice for audio headsets to be used within the Centra environment. Andrea Electronics' audio products are being recommended by Centra to its Fortune 1000 customer base, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Global Knowledge, Kraft Foods, and Nationwide Insurance, which are using its feature-rich products and services to lower costs and accelerate productivity through live Internet collaboration. Andrea Electronics is providing seamless, flexible and cost-effective order fulfillment processing for high quality microphone products to be used by Centra's growing customer base.

``We aim to ensure tha t our customers get the most out of their live, Internet-based integrated audio conferencing experience, whether communicating in a virtual classroom, giving a presentation or meeting on the Web,'' said Drew Wolff, Director of Product Marketing for Centra. ``For these customers, we believe that a high quality microphone offers the optimal solution for truly dynamic communication. As a result, Centra recommends Andrea headset products to our growing base of Fortune 1000 customers.''

``We are excited ab out this endorsement and are pleased to fulfill microphone products to Centra's high profile list of customers, the result of which has yielded over 50 new customers for Andrea's business-to-business and e-commerce channel,'' said Christopher P. Sauvigne, President and Chief Operating Officer of Andrea Electronics. ``Going forward, we believe that Centra will be a significant part of our B2B and online distribution strategy.''

About Centra

With over a million users, Centra (Nasdaq: CTRA - news ) is the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations have standardized on Centra for the delivery of live eLearning, including American Express, Domino's Pizza, ExxonMobil, Siemens, Nationwide Insurance, and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic eLearning partnerships, which include alliances with Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Consulting, Oracle, Saba and Global Knowledge. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor, the Company has sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.centra.c om.

About Andrea Electronics

Andrea Electronics Corporation designs, de velops 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®) earphone, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) near-field microphone, patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA®) 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, Logitech, Inc., Net2Phone, Inc., Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. and ZeroPlus.com, among others. Visit Andrea Electronics' websites at http://www.AndreaElectronics.com or http://www.AudioCommander.com or ca ll 1-800-707-5779.

This press release may contain ``forward-looking statement s'' 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 An ti-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

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