EXHIBIT (A)(6)
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                          CAPTARIS ANNOUNCES EMPLOYEE
                         STOCK OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- June 12, 2001 -- Captaris, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAPA) today
announced a voluntary stock option exchange program whereby eligible employees
have the opportunity to exchange stock options with an exercise price greater
than $10.00 per share for a reduced amount of stock options to be priced at
$3.00 per share or the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the
date the offer expires, whichever is less. If the Company receives and accepts
tenders of all eligible stock options subject to the offer, the Company would
grant new stock options to purchase approximately 1.5 million shares of common
stock in exchange for the return of stock options to purchase approximately 3.6
million shares of common stock.

"In making this offer our intent is to create long-term employee incentive
without sacrificing shareholder value," said Jeff deCillia, chief financial
officer of Captaris. "With a blended exchange rate of less than one new stock
option for two existing stock options and the other parameters of this offer, we
believe the offer will be beneficial to employees and shareholders alike."

Because the exchange of stock options will occur immediately upon the expiration
of the offering period, the new options will be treated as variable awards and
thus will subject the Company to non-cash compensation charges in accordance
with variable accounting rules. In addition, if employees tender their eligible
stock options in this offer, any grants made to participating employees within
the six months before or after the exchange will also be subject to variable
accounting to the extent an employee's new grant is for fewer shares than the
shares subject to the tendered options and the exercise price of those options
is less than the exercise price of the stock options tendered. The maximum
number of shares that could be subject to variable accounting as a result of
this exchange, not including any shares subject to stock options that may be
granted during the six-month period after the exchange, is approximately 2.3
million shares.

The Company filed today the appropriate Tender Offer and associated documents
with the SEC and therefore has commenced the offering period. The offering
period is expected to expire on or about July 10, 2001.


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About Captaris
Captaris is a leading provider of unified communications and mobile business
solutions that allow companies to improve business communications with
customers, partners and employees. The company provides access to and control of
critical business information from almost any communications device and enhances
communications workflow by improving the way in which company stakeholders
exchange information.

The company specializes in developing and marketing CallXpress unified
messaging, RightFax fax and communications servers, MediaLinq electronic
document delivery services and Infinite Mobile Delivery products. Captaris has
more than 75,000 systems installed and over one million users worldwide, with 80
percent of Fortune 100 companies using the company's award winning products and
services. Founded in 1982, Captaris is publicly traded under the symbol "CAPA"
on the Nasdaq National Market. Captaris maintains a site on the World Wide Web
at www.captaris.com.

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-
looking statements include all passages containing verbs such as "aims,"
"anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans,"
"predicts," "projects" or "targets" or nouns corresponding to such verbs.
Forward-looking statements also include any other passages that are primarily
relevant to expected future events or that can only be evaluated by events that
will occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions
and estimates of the management at the time the statements are made and are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could affect Captaris' actual results include, among others, the
potential failure to maintain and expand Captaris' network of dealers and
resellers or to establish and maintain strategic relationships, inability to
integrate recent and future acquisitions, inability to develop new products or
product enhancements on a timely basis, inability to protect our proprietary
rights or to operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of
others, and quarterly and seasonal fluctuations in operating results. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Captaris' financial
results is included in Captaris' Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance upon these forward-looking statements that speak only as to
the date of this release. Except as required by law, Captaris undertakes no
obligation to update any forward-looking or other statements in this press
release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

EDITORIAL CONTACTS:
Michele Reid                                            Jennifer Ashton
Investor Relations                                      Connect Public Relations
425-825-3479                                            (801) 373-7888
michelereid@Captaris.com                                jennifera@connectpr.com