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        <issuerName>TALKPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>RUBENSTEIN MARILYN</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>68 WHEATLEY ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BROOKVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11545</rptOwnerZipCode>
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any time, or by the Issuer (under certain circumstances), into shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, subject to adjustment.</footnote><footnote id="F4">By Seneca Ventures</footnote><footnote id="F5">By Woodland Venture Fund</footnote><footnote id="F6">BY Woodland Partners</footnote><footnote id="F7">By Brookwood Partners, L.P.</footnote><footnote id="F8">By The Marilyn and Barry Rubenstein Family Foundation</footnote><footnote id="F9">By Barry Rubenstein (husband)</footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>/s/ Marilyn Rubenstein</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-10-21</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>



