United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC  20549
Schedule 13D

(Amendment No. 1)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




Syntellect Inc.
(Name of Issuer)


Common Stock, $.01 par value
(Title of class of securities)


87161-L-10-5
(Cusip #)




Danielle Green
UBS PaineWebber
1501 K Street NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC  20005
(202) 585-5451
(Name, address, and telephone number of person
authorized to receive notices and communications)



January 08, 2002
(Date of event which requires filing)


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(1) Names of reporting persons---I.R.S. Identification Numbers of Above Persons:

Ralph A. Cusick Jr.


(2) Check the appropriate box if a member of a group

N/A

(3) SEC Use Only

(4) Sources of Funds

PF

(5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required
 Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e):

N/A

(6) Citizenship or Place of Organization

 	USA

(7) Number of Shares Sole Voting Power

      560,000

(8) Shared Voting Power

 	65,000  (wife, Jacquelin A. Cusick)

      (9)	      Sole Dispositive Power

	560,000

      (10)     Shared Dispositive Power

	 65,000 (wife, Jacquelin A. Cusick)



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(11) Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

625,000
(12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
N/A
(13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row
     5.5% (based on 11,292,070 shares outstanding at October 31, 2001)
(14) Type of Reporting Person
IN


Item 1.		Security and Issuer

	This Schedule 13D relates to shares of Common Stock,
$.01 par value, of Syntellect, Inc.,
 a Delaware corporation ("Issuer").  The principal executive
 offices of Issuer are located at
 15810 North 28th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85023.

Item 2.		Identity and Background

a. Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.

b. 4815 Sumner Drive Bethesda, MD  20816

c. Retired

d. No criminal convictions during the last five years

e. No civil proceedings during the last five years

f. United States Citizen


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Item 3.		Source and amount of funds or other consideration

Purchase was made of 5,000 shares on January 2, 2002 for $10,189.50 and
 2,800 shares on January 8, 2002 for $4,473.30 with personal funds.


Item 4.		Purpose of transaction

The purchase of Common Stock on January 2, 2002 was acquired for
 investment purposes only.

Item 5.		Interest in securities of the issuer

a.	625,000 shares are owned representing 5.5%
 of the Issuer's issued and outstanding
shares (based on 11, 292,070 shares outstanding on October 31, 2001)

b.	Ralph A. Cusick, Jr. is the sole beneficial
 owner of the securities identified in
subsection (a) above, except that he owns 65,000 of
 those shares of the common stock jointly with his wife.

c.	The following transactions in the Common Stock were
 effected within the 60 days prior to
 January 22, 2001:

Name		   Date		# of shares	$ per share	Nature

Ralph Cusick      1/18/02 	5,000		$1.36		Open market purchase
Ralph and 	    1/14/02	2,200		$1.52		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/14/02	5,000		$1.62		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/15/02	5,000		$1.45		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/16/02	5,000		$1.43		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and	    1/16/02	5,000		$1.38		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick

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Ralph and 	    1/17/02	5,000		$1.38		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and 	    1/18/02	5,000		$1.38		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and	    1/02/02	5,000		$1.94		Open market purchase
Jacquelin Cusick
Ralph and	    1/08/02        2,800		$1.52		Open market purchase

d.	No other person other than Ralph A. Cusick Jr.
has the right to receive or the
 power to direct the receipt of dividends from the
shares of common stock held or the right to
receive or the power to direct the receipt of the proceeds
 from the sale of such shares.

e. Not applicable

Item 6.	Contracts, arrangements, understandings or
 relationships with respect to
securities of issuer

Except as described above there are no contracts, arrangements,
 understandings or relationships
with respect to any securities of issuer, including
but not limited to transfer or voting of any such
securities, finder's fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements,
 puts or calls, guarantees of profits,
division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

Item 7.		Material to be filed as exhibits

	N/A

Signature

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
 I certify that the
 information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


January 22, 2002

/s/	Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.


	Ralph A. Cusick, Jr.