SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August ~~July 16~~1, 2003

SpeechWorks International, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		000-31097		04-3239151
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

695 Atlantic Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts

02111

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 428-4444

Not Applicable ~~(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)~~

~~Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure~~ (~~Information~~Former ~~furnished~~Name ~~pursuant~~or toFormer ~~Item 12~~Address, ~~“Disclosure~~if ofChanged ~~Results~~Since ofLast ~~Operations and Financial Condition”~~Report).

OnItem ~~July 16, 2003, SpeechWorks International, Inc~~5. Other ~~announced~~Events ~~its~~and ~~financial~~Required ~~results~~FD ~~for the quarter ended June 30, 2003~~Disclosure. ~~The full text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.~~

InOn ~~accordance~~August ~~with~~1, ~~the~~2003, ~~procedural~~SpeechWorks ~~guidance~~International, inInc. ~~SEC~~(“SpeechWorks”) engaged ~~Release~~The ~~No.~~Proxy ~~33-8216~~Advisory Group of Strategic Stock Surveillance, ~~the information~~LLC, to assist in ~~this~~the ~~Form~~solicitation ~~8-K~~of ~~and~~proxies for the ~~Exhibit~~upcoming ~~attached~~special ~~hereto~~meeting isof ~~being~~SpeechWorks ~~furnished~~stockholders, ~~under~~which ~~“Item~~has 9.been ~~Regulation~~called FDto ~~Disclosure”~~vote ~~rather~~upon ~~than~~the ~~under~~approval ~~“Item~~of 12the proposed merger of SpeechWorks and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ScanSoft, Inc. ~~Disclosure~~(“ScanSoft”) and the adoption of ~~Results~~an Agreement and Plan of ~~Operations~~Reorganization, dated as of April 23, 2003, by and ~~Financial~~among ~~Condition~~SpeechWorks, ScanSoft and the wholly-owned subsidiary of ScanSoft.” The ~~information shall~~meeting ~~not~~is scheduled to be ~~deemed~~held ~~“filed”~~on ~~for~~Monday, ~~purposes~~August of11, ~~Section~~2003 18at of10:00 ~~the~~am ~~Securities~~Eastern ~~Exchange~~time. ~~Act~~The Proxy Advisory Group of ~~1934~~Strategic ~~(the~~Stock ~~“Exchange~~Surveillance, ~~Act”)~~LLC orwill ~~otherwise~~be ~~subject~~entitled to the ~~liabilities~~payment of ~~that~~fees ~~section,~~and ~~nor~~the ~~shall~~reimbursement itof becustomary ~~deemed~~expenses ~~incorporated~~ by SpeechWorks ~~reference~~ in ~~any filing~~connection ~~under~~with ~~the~~this ~~Securities~~solicitation, ~~Act~~which ofare ~~1933~~not orexpected ~~the~~to ~~Exchange~~exceed ~~Act~~$15,000 ~~except~~in the aggregate. Attached as ~~expressly~~Exhibit ~~set~~99.1 ~~forth~~to bythis ~~specific~~Current ~~reference~~Report inon ~~such~~Form 8-K is a ~~filing~~supplemental letter that SpeechWorks expects to mail to certain SpeechWorks stockholders that have not yet voted in connection with the merger.

Also, on August 1, 2003, ScanSoft engaged The Proxy Advisory Group of Strategic Stock Surveillance, LLC, to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the upcoming special meeting of ScanSoft stockholders, which has been called to vote upon, among other things, the issuance of shares of ScanSoft common stock in connection with the proposed merger of SpeechWorks and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ScanSoft. The meeting is scheduled to be held on Monday, August 11, 2003 at 10:00 am Eastern time. The Proxy Advisory Group of Strategic Stock Surveillance, LLC will be entitled to the payment of fees and the reimbursement of customary expenses by ScanSoft in connection with this solicitation, which are not expected to exceed $6,000 in the aggregate.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 16, 2003.	SPEECHWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: August 4, 2003.	SPEECHWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	By:	/s/ RICHARD J. WESTELMAN
		Richard J. Westelman
		Richard J. Westelman Chief Financial Officer
		Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		~~Press~~Form ~~release~~of ~~dated~~supplemental ~~July~~letter 16to SpeechWorks International, ~~2003~~Inc. stockholders.

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