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                               [SYNTELLECT LOGO]


                        16610 North Black Canyon Highway
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85053


                              AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE
                          FROM YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                                                     May 8, 2002


To Our Fellow Stockholders:

         You may have received blue proxy solicitation materials from a
stockholder group led by Geoffrey Nixon of Mission Partners, L.P., in which Mr.
Nixon's group may solicit your support for Camille Jayne, its nominee for
election to your Board of Directors.

We oppose Ms. Jayne's nomination, and we urge you to consider the following:

     -    Contrary to statements in Mr. Nixon's proxy materials, Ms. Jayne is
          not on the board of Universal Electronics Inc.

     -    Ms. Jayne lacks experience in managing or overseeing operations and
          products similar to the Company's. Her primary experience lies in the
          field of cable television, an area with little correlation to the
          Company's business.

     -    Ms. Jayne presently operates a consulting business in interior design
          and building services, a field with no apparent relevance to the
          Company's business.

     -    The Board has twice considered - and rejected - Ms. Jayne as a
          potential director in favor of more qualified persons.

         Accordingly, we oppose Ms. Jayne's nomination, and ASK THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE BOARD'S NOMINEES for re-election, Bill Conlin and Kent
Mueller, by voting the enclosed WHITE PROXY CARD, if you have not already done
so. Remember, your most recently dated proxy card supercedes any other proxy
card you may already have submitted. Do not vote any blue proxy card.


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                      OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY

     Early in 2001, as the IT market segment deteriorated, we took DELIBERATE,
PROACTIVE STEPS TO CORRECTLY POSITION THE COMPANY.

          -    From Q2 2001 to Q1 2002 we REDUCED ANNUALIZED OPERATING EXPENSES
               from $47 million to $35 million, respectively, without materially
               reducing R&D expenditures. That's nearly a 26% reduction in
               expense in less than 12 months!

          -    In every quarter since June 2001, we INCREASED OUR LICENSE
               REVENUES. We have continued that trend into 2002. We are not
               aware of any competitor who can boast similar performance.

          -    During 2001, we IMPROVED APPLICATION SERVICES DELIVERY MARGINS in
               every quarter.

          -    Despite the downturn, we have CONTINUED TO ADD MAJOR NEW
               CUSTOMERS, as previously announced.

     As a direct result of the above actions, we have been CASH FLOW POSITIVE
     since October 2001, and have PAID OFF OUR CREDIT LINE. We have not had to
     seek equity infusions at rates dilutive to you, our stockholders.

     We believe as a result of these actions the Company is now stabilized and
     is WELL POSITIONED as we emerge from the current IT recession.

         We are well aware of the import of the cautionary paragraph in our
audit opinion for the year ended 2001. We urge all of you to read Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations --
Liquidity and Capital Resources in Item 7 of our most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the SEC. There, we provide a more complete discussion of
our ability to weather the current softness in demand for the Company's products
and services.



              In summary, your Board and the management team remain FULLY
     ENGAGED in the daily operations and strategic direction of your company.
     Moreover, the actions and successes described above are clear evidence of
     our UNWAVERING COMMITMENT to improve both top- and bottom-line performance
     in a way that will measurably ENHANCE STOCKHOLDER VALUE. Your SIX
     DIRECTORS, FIVE OF WHOM ARE INDEPENDENT (only Mr. Carollo, the Board's
     Chairman, is a Syntellect employee), have been an integral part of this
     work.


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                          FACTS SURROUNDING NOMINATION

     -    The Board believes its current candidates for the Board, BILL CONLIN
          AND KENT MUELLER, ARE BETTER QUALIFIED than Ms. Jayne:

          -    Mr. Conlin possesses a deep and varied background in technology
               executive management that goes back over 40 years. He had been an
               executive at Burroughs Corporation (now Unysis) for 23 years and
               was CEO of CalComp, a computer graphics and distribution company,
               for 10 years. Subsequently, Mr. Conlin was a director for eight
               and a chairman for four years of SDRC, a CAD/CAM software
               company, recently acquired by EDS. Mr. Conlin serves and has
               served on several public company boards. He also served on the
               advisory boards of the Graduate School of Management and the
               School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.

          -    Mr. Mueller has substantial experience in the industry as both a
               successful entrepreneur in computer software, having built and
               sold his own company, Mastersoft, Inc., to Adobe Systems Inc.,
               and as a senior executive with Capex/ Computer Associates, Intel
               Corporation, Ampex Corporation and IBM He was instrumental in
               bringing Intel Corporation to Arizona. As Chairman, he engineered
               the successful merger of Microtest, Inc. (MTST) into Danaher
               Corporation of Washington, D.C. and, as an investor and board
               member, he engineered the acquisition of CoreData, Inc., a laptop
               backup software company in Phoenix, Arizona, by Sterling
               Software, a public company, which was later acquired by Computer
               Associates. Mr. Mueller was also one of the founders of the
               Arizona Software Association.

     -    MR. NIXON has consumed a significant amount of time and Company
          resources with respect to the nomination of an individual who, on any
          basis, is less qualified than the Board's nominees.

          WE URGE YOU NOT TO VOTE ANY BLUE PROXY CARD SENT TO YOU BY THIS
DISSIDENT GROUP. Please send in the enclosed WHITE proxy card, if you have not
yet done so.

          We appreciate your support.

          If you have any questions, please call our proxy solicitor, Georgeson
Shareholder toll free at (866) 300-8588.

                                         Sincerely yours,

                                         SYNTELLECT INC.

                                         Anthony V. Carollo, Jr.
                                         Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                         Officer and President

Enclosed: White Proxy Card


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