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Mediasite Live captures and streams keynotes by speakers from MIT, Penn State and Princeton at education technology conference.

MADISON, WI — Sonic Foundry® Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leading rich media solutions company, today announced it was selected to Webcast the keynote presentations at the Syllabus fall2003 conference, held Dec. 8-10 in Cambridge, Mass. The semi-annual education technology conference serves as an important venue for administrators, IT professionals and faculty in higher education to learn about the latest technologies being used by their colleagues throughout the United States. This year's keynotes are now available on-demand.

Sonic Foundry used its Mediasite Live TM real-time, rich media Web communications system to capture the keynote addresses and a special panel presentation, and make them available via the Web. Mediasite Live is the only fully integrated hardware/software system that gives presenters total flexibility to capture on-the-fly virtually any kind of data output (PowerPoint, Excel, live Web pages, DVD, complex imagery, etc.) from any presentation device (notebook PC, document camera, smart board, etc.) and instantly turn it into a Web-based interactive rich media file for live and on-demand access.

"Over many years, the Syllabus Conferences have showcased cutting-edge technology as it becomes available to the higher education community," said Mark Sande, Syllabus publisher. "Today's partnership with Sonic Foundry allows us to use that technology to extend the content of the conference to those who were not able to join us in Cambridge."

"Mediasite Live is an ideal solution for trade shows and special events because the system is quick and easy to set up and use, and it doesn't interfere with a presenter's style," said James Dias, vice president of marketing and sales, Sonic Foundry. "The Syllabus Conference is a particularly important opportunity for us to demonstrate to professionals at the forefront of the education technology movement the benefits Mediasite Live provides."

Keynotes and Special Sessions Available On-Demand

New Learning Spaces: Back to the Future – William J. Mitchell, dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, and head of the Media Arts and Sciences Program, MIT Media Lab.

A Conversation About Higher Education and IT – Graham Spanier, Ph.D., president of Penn State University.

Teaching and Learning Technologies in the Year 2015 – Howard Strauss, manager of technology outreach at Princeton University.

Knowledge Transactions: Digital Technologies and Change – Moderator: Frank Tansey, Ph.D., project administrator for the Student Friendly Services Project. Panel: Stephen R. Acker, director of Technology Enhanced Learning and Research (TELR), Office of the CIO, Ohio State University; Trent Batson, director, information and instructional technology services, Office of Information Services, University of Rhode Island; and Sarah Roberts, academic technologist and supervisor, Multimedia Project Studio, Duke University.

About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.

Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ:SOFO) is a provider of rich media communications technology for the enterprise. The company's high-performance Webcasting and Web presentation solutions are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, education institutions and government agencies for a variety of critical communication needs. Sonic Foundry is based in Madison, Wis. For more information about Sonic Foundry, visit the company's Web site at www.sonicfoundry.com.

Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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