8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       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 7, 2006

                      ACCESS WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                    000-23489              52-1309227
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  (State or other jurisdiction         (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
        of incorporation)              File Number)       Identification No.)

 1820 North Fort Myer Drive, 4th Floor, Arlington Virginia           22209
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         (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (703) 292-5210

         4950 Communication Avenue, Suite 300, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 2.01   COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

On August 3, 2006, Access Worldwide Communications, Inc. (the "Company"),
completed the sale of all or substantially all the assets of Telemanagement
Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to the asset
purchase agreement dated June 20, 2006, to TMS Professional Markets Group, LLC.

The asset sale was for $10.5 million less assumed liabilities. For further
information, reference is made to the Registrant's press release, dated August
7, 2006, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)     Exhibits

99.1        Press Release, Access Worldwide Communications, Inc., August 7, 2006

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                                   SIGNATURES

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.

                                           ACCESS WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                           (Registrant)


Date: August 7, 2006                       By   /s/ Mark Wright
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                                                General Counsel, Secretary

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EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

    ACCESS WORLDWIDE CLOSES ON THE SALE OF PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING OPERATION

    ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Worldwide
Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AWWC), a leading marketing services
organization, today announced that it has closed on the sale of all or
substantially all the assets of its Telemanagement Services, Inc. d/b/a TMS
Professional Markets Group ("Telemanagement Services") division, to TMS
Professional Markets Group, LLC, in a cash transaction valued at $10.5
million. With the sale of Telemanagement Services, the company has relocated
its corporate office to Arlington, Virginia.

    "We now operate approximately 700 communications seats in three locations
in the US and 350 seats in Manila, Philippines," commented Shawkat Raslan,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Access Worldwide. "With the sale of
Telemanagement Services we have fully paid our outstanding banking facility
and have the necessary resources to continue to expand our off shore
capability and capacity. We are actively negotiating for additional capacity
in the Philippines."

    Access Worldwide is an established marketing company that provides a
variety of sales, communication and medical education services. Our spectrum
of services includes multilingual teleservices, customer service, telecom
services, financial services, medical meetings management, medical publishing,
editorial support, and database management, among others. Headquartered in
Arlington, Virginia, Access Worldwide has about 700 employees in offices
throughout the United States and the Philippines. More information is
available at http://www.accessww.com.

    This press release contains forward-looking statements including
statements that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, the
following: Our ability to continue as a going concern if we are unable to
generate cash flow and income from operations; our ability to secure financing
at a competitive rate; competition from other third-party providers and those
clients and prospects who may decide to do work in-house that we currently do
for them; our ability to successfully operate the facility in the Philippines;
consolidation in the medical, telecommunications and consumer products
industries which reduces the number of clients and prospects that are able to
be served; potential consumer saturation reducing the need for services; our
ability and clients' ability to comply with state, federal and industry
regulations; our reliance on a limited number of major clients and the
reduction in services performed for or the loss of one or more major clients;
our ability to develop or fund the operations of new products or service
offerings; our reliance on technology; our reliance on key personnel and labor
force and our ability to recruit additional personnel. For a more detailed
discussion of these risks and others that could affect results, see our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk
factors section of Access Worldwide's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE  Access Worldwide Communications, Inc.
    -0-                             08/07/2006
    /CONTACT:  Mark Wright, Investor Relations, +1-703-292-5210,
mwright@accessww.com, or Richard Lyew, Executive Vice President & CFO,
+1-703-292-5210, rlyew@accessww.com, both of Access Worldwide Communications,
Inc./
    /Web site:  http://www.accessww.com/
    (AWWC)