<PAGE>
 
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 1996
                                                        Registration No.333-____

================================================================================


                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               DAVOX CORPORATION
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

              Delaware                                           02-0364368
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    Incorporation or Organization)

                            6 Technology Park Drive
                        Westford, Massachusetts  01886
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                             --------------------

                       Davox Corporation 1996 Stock Plan
                           (Full Title of the Plan)

                             --------------------

                           Timothy C. Maguire, Esq.
                        Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
                               High Street Tower
                                125 High Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                    (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 617-248-7000
         (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

                        ------------------------------

                        Calculation Of Registration Fee

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            Proposed     Proposed
                                            Maximum       Maximum
                              Amount to     Offering     Aggregate  
Title of Securities to be         be       Price Per     Offering      Amount of
      Registered              Registered     Share        Price      Registration Fee
      ----------             -----------     -----     -----------   ----------------
<S>                          <C>           <C>         <C>           <C>
Common Stock,             600,000 shares    $31.50(1)  $18,900,000         $5,728
$.10 par value               
 
</TABLE>

   (1)  The price of $31.50 per share, which is the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market System on
November 11, 1996, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing
fee.
<PAGE>
 
                                    PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

        The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will
be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

        The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will
be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and
the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of their
respective dates:

        (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
        ended December 31, 1995, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act which
        contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December
        31, 1995.

        (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
        quarter ended March 31, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

        (c) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
        quarter ended June 30, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.
 
        (d) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
        quarter ended September 30, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

        (e) The Amendment to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for
        fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, filed on April 23, 1996 pursuant to
        the Exchange Act.

                                       2
<PAGE>
 
        (f) The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be
        Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
        8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on April 7,
        1987.

        All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's charter and 
by-laws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers
for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general,
directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good
faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were
unlawful. Reference is made to the Registrant's charter and by-laws filed as
Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 33-75170 on
Form S-1, as amended, respectively.

        The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for
the benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
-----------   ----------------------

4.1           Davox Corporation 1996 Stock Plan

5.1           Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

23.2          Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP 
              (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1          Power of Attorney (found on Page 6 of this Registration Statement)

                                       3
<PAGE>
 
Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
               being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
               statement:

               (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
               the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
               after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
               most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
               or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
               information set forth in the registration statement.
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
               of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
               offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
               deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
               offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
               the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
               change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
               "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
               registration statement;

               (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
               statement or any material change to such information in the
               registration statement;

         (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

         (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (4)   If the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-
         effective amendment to the registration statement to include any
         financial statements required by Rule 3-19 of this chapter at the start
         of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial
         statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Act need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant includes
         in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial
         statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other
         information necessary to ensure that all other information in the
         prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial
         statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration
         statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to
         include financial statements and information required by Section
         10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such financial
         statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with
         or 

                                       4
<PAGE>
 
         furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13
         or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
         incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
     determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
     the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
     of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
     the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
     statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
     such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
     offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
     Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
     of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
     Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
     expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
     claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
     by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
     controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
     action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
     controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
     Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
     settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
     jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
     public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
     adjudication of such issue.

                                       5
<PAGE>
 
                                  SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Westford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 15th
day of November, 1996.

                                         DAVOX CORPORATION

                                         By:  /s/ Alphonse M. Lucchese
                                              ------------------------
                                              Alphonse M. Lucchese
                                              President, Chief Executive Officer
                                              and Chairman


                       POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

   EACH PERSON WHOSE SIGNATURE appears below this Registration Statement hereby
constitutes and appoints Alphonse M. Lucchese and Timothy C. Maguire and each of
them, with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities (until
revoked in writing) to sign all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Davox Corporation, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person thereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
      Signature              Title(s)                       Date
      ---------              --------                       ----            
<S>                         <C>                            <C>
 
/s/ Alphonse M. Lucchese    President, Chief Executive     November 15, 1996
--------------------------  Officer and Chairman
Alphonse M. Lucchese                            
 
/s/ John J. Connolly        Vice President Finance and     November 15, 1996
--------------------------  Chief Financial Officer
John J. Connolly                                   
 
/s/ Michael D. Kaufman      Director                       November 15, 1996
--------------------------
Michael D. Kaufman
 
/s/ Walter J. Levison       Director                       November 15, 1996
--------------------------
Walter J. Levison
 
/s/ R. Scott Asen           Director                       November 15, 1996
--------------------------
R. Scott Asen
</TABLE>

                                       6
<PAGE>
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.    Description
-----------    -----------

4.1            Davox Corporation 1996 Stock Plan

5.1            Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

23.1           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

23.2           Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in 
               Exhibit 5.1)

24.1           Power of Attorney (found on Page 6 of this Registration 
               Statement)
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 1996
                                                        Registration No.333-____

================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               DAVOX CORPORATION
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

              Delaware                                           02-0364368
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    Incorporation or Organization)

                            6 Technology Park Drive
                        Westford, Massachusetts  01886
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                             --------------------

                       Davox Corporation 1996 Stock Plan
                           (Full Title of the Plan)

                             --------------------

                           Timothy C. Maguire, Esq.
                        Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
                               High Street Tower
                                125 High Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                    (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 617-248-7000
         (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

                        ------------------------------

                        Calculation Of Registration Fee
Proposed     Proposed
                                            Maximum       Maximum
                              Amount to     Offering     Aggregate  
Title of Securities to be         be       Price Per     Offering      Amount of
      Registered              Registered     Share        Price      Registration Fee
      ----------             -----------     -----     -----------   ----------------
Common Stock,             600,000 shares    $31.50(1)  $18,900,000         $5,728
$.10 par value
(1)  The price of $31.50 per share, which is the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market System on
November 11, 1996, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing
fee.
PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

        The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will
be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

        The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will
be sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and
the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of their
respective dates:

        (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
        ended December 31, 1995, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act which
        contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December
        31, 1995.

        (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
        quarter ended March 31, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

        (c) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
        quarter ended June 30, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.
 
        (d) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
        quarter ended September 30, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

        (e) The Amendment to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for
        fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, filed on April 23, 1996 pursuant to
        the Exchange Act.

                                       2
(f) The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be
        Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
        8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on April 7,
        1987.

        All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's charter and 
by-laws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers
for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general,
directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good
faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were
unlawful. Reference is made to the Registrant's charter and by-laws filed as
Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 33-75170 on
Form S-1, as amended, respectively.

        The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for
the benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
-----------   ----------------------

4.1           Davox Corporation 1996 Stock Plan

5.1           Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

23.2          Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP 
              (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1          Power of Attorney (found on Page 6 of this Registration Statement)

                                       3
Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
               being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
               statement:

               (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
               the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
               after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
               most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
               or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
               information set forth in the registration statement.
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
               of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
               offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
               deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
               offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
               the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
               change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
               "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
               registration statement;

               (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
               statement or any material change to such information in the
               registration statement;

         (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

         (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (4)   If the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-
         effective amendment to the registration statement to include any
         financial statements required by Rule 3-19 of this chapter at the start
         of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial
         statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Act need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant includes
         in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial
         statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other
         information necessary to ensure that all other information in the
         prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial
         statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration
         statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to
         include financial statements and information required by Section
         10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such financial
         statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with
         or 

                                       4
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13
         or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
         incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
     determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
     the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
     of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
     the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
     statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
     such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
     offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
     Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
     of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
     Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
     expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
     claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
     by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
     controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
     action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
     controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
     Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
     settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
     jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
     public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
     adjudication of such issue.

                                       5
SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Westford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 15th
day of November, 1996.

                                         DAVOX CORPORATION

                                         By:  /s/ Alphonse M. Lucchese
                                              ------------------------
                                              Alphonse M. Lucchese
                                              President, Chief Executive Officer
                                              and Chairman

                       POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

   EACH PERSON WHOSE SIGNATURE appears below this Registration Statement hereby
constitutes and appoints Alphonse M. Lucchese and Timothy C. Maguire and each of
them, with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities (until
revoked in writing) to sign all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Davox Corporation, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person thereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature              Title(s)                       Date
      ---------              --------                       ----
/s/ Alphonse M. Lucchese    President, Chief Executive     November 15, 1996
--------------------------  Officer and Chairman
Alphonse M. Lucchese                            
 
/s/ John J. Connolly        Vice President Finance and     November 15, 1996
--------------------------  Chief Financial Officer
John J. Connolly                                   
 
/s/ Michael D. Kaufman      Director                       November 15, 1996
--------------------------
Michael D. Kaufman
 
/s/ Walter J. Levison       Director                       November 15, 1996
--------------------------
Walter J. Levison
 
/s/ R. Scott Asen           Director                       November 15, 1996
--------------------------
R. Scott Asen
6
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.    Description
-----------    -----------

4.1            Davox Corporation 1996 Stock Plan

5.1            Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

23.1           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

23.2           Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in 
               Exhibit 5.1)

24.1           Power of Attorney (found on Page 6 of this Registration 
               Statement)