Contact: Eitan Einwohner, ITRAN Communications Ltd.
(510) 525 6240 eitan@itrancomm.com

George Snyder, Home Automated Living
(800) 935-5313 gsnyder@automatedliving.com

Orlando, FL February 4th, 1998 -- Home Automated Living, LLC. (HAL), the international leader in voice controlled home automation software, announced plans to collaborate with the Israeli high tech firm ITRAN Communications Ltd., and the NASA design firm Jackson and Tull to produce automated wall switched that will carry voice commands to the PC via existing home power lines.

The HAL family of home automation software - HAL 1000, HAL 2000, and HAL 3000, are the only applications available today that allow users to control their homes with continuous, conversational speech commands from anywhere in the world.

ITRAN is developing a communications chip that vastly accelerates the movement of data over existing home electrical lines. Using the ITRAN chip, Jackson and Tull is designing automated wall switches for HAL with tiny microphones and speakers which will enable users to talk to their PCs from any room in the house, hands free, where such a switch is installed. The new switch will also have sensors for motion and temperature control and it will be CEBus compatible. This technological breakthrough is expected to be priced at under $100.

The HAL software is a home automation operating system that uses state of the art voice recognition technology to give users the power to control devices in their homes by voice. HAL brings a multitude of home control devices under one operating system umbrella by sending commands over the existing home electrical wiring. "HAL's vision of home automation requires no new wiring by the home owner," stated HAL President Tim Shriver. "The new switch fits this vision perfectly."

ITRAN North American Marketing Manager Eitan Einwohner said, "We believe that HAL has a unique software product that will introduce home automation to the mass market. A lot of companies are talking about voice recognition in the future...HAL has made it a central part of home automation today."

"Jackson and Tull has always been associated with leading edge technology," said Vice President Bob Smith. "HAL is going to be a high impact company in the home marketplace and Jackson and Tull wants to be part of the HAL strategy."