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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 1997
                           Registration No. 333-______


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                                VTEL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                               DELAWARE                         74-2415696
     (State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                        Identification No.)

          108 WILD BASIN ROAD
             AUSTIN, TEXAS                                        78746
(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)


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                     VTEL CORPORATION 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)
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              RODNEY S. BOND                                  COPY TO:
         CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER                       L. STEVEN LESHIN, ESQ.
           108 WILD BASIN ROAD                          JENKENS & GILCHRIST,
           AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746                       A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
   (Name, address and telephone number              1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 3200
including area code of agent for service)               DALLAS, TEXAS  75202

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                         PROPOSED                PROPOSED
                                                  AMOUNT                  MAXIMUM                MAXIMUM                AMOUNT OF
             TITLE OF CLASS OF                     TO BE                OFFERING PRICE           AGGREGATE             REGISTRATION
        SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED            REGISTERED(1)           PER SHARE(2)(3)      OFFERING PRICE(2)(3)          FEE(3)
- ---------------------------------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- ------------------------  ----------------
<S>                                           <C>                          <C>                 <C>                      <C>      
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share       2,700,000 Shares             $5.9375             $16,509,987.64           $5,448.30
=======================================  ========================  ====================== ========================  ================
</TABLE>

         (1)  The  securities  to be  registered  consist  of  2,700,000  shares
reserved for  issuance  under the VTEL  Corporation  1996 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan").  In addition,  pursuant to Rule 416 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,
this Registration  Statement covers an indeterminate number of additional shares
of the Corporation's  Common Stock (the "Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the
exercise of options  and/or  awards  granted or to be granted  under the Plan to
prevent dilution which may result from any future stock splits,  stock dividends
or similar transactions  affecting the Common Stock. These additional shares are
also being registered by this Registration Statement.
         (2) Estimated solely for  the purpose of  calculating the  registration
fee.
         (3) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h). Accordingly,  the price
per share of the Common Stock offered hereunder pursuant to the Plan is based on
(i) 2,147,012  shares of Common Stock  reserved for issuance under the Plan, but
not subject to outstanding stock options, at a price per share of $5.9375, which
is the average of the highest and lowest selling price per share of Common Stock
on the NASDAQ National Market on May 30, 1997, and (ii) the following  shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan and subject to options already
granted thereunder at the following exercise prices:


      NUMBER OF SHARES
      OF COMMON STOCK                                      EXERCISE PRICE
   RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE                                     PER SHARE
   ---------------------                                   --------------
           1,734                                               4.063
          10,000                                               4.532
          84,015                                               6.688
           9,880                                               8.125
         101,000                                               9.000
          11,250                                               9.063
          15,000                                               9.938
          14,789                                               4.094
           4,345                                               5.938
          50,975                                               5.688
         250,000                                               6.125





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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION*

ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*


                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The registrant  hereby  incorporates by reference in this  registration
statement the following  documents  previously  filed by the registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

     (1) the  registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission
for the transition period ended July 31, 1996;

     (2) the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Commission
for the transition period ended July 31, 1996;

     (3) the registrant's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
October 31, 1996, and January 31, 1997, filed with the Commission;

     (4) the  registrant's  Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 23, 1996, filed
with the Commission;

     (5) the registrant's  Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 10, 1996, filed
with the Commission;

     (6) the  registrant's  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated  January  6, 1997,
filed with the Commission; and

     (7) the  description of the Common Stock of the registrant set forth in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on March 31, 1992,
including  any  amendment  or report  filed for the  purpose  of  updating  such
description.

         All documents filed by the registrant  with the Commission  pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  subsequent  to the  date of this  registration
statement  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  herein by reference  and to be a
part  hereof  from the date of the filing of such  documents  until such time as
there shall have been filed a  post-effective  amendment that indicates that all
securities  offered  hereby have been sold or that  deregisters  all  securities
remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         None.

- --------
         *Information  required by Part I to be contained  in the Section  10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this  Registration  Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

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ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  The Fourth Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation
         of the registrant provides for indemnification as follows:

         "NINTH: The Corporation shall indemnify any person:

                  (a) who was or is a party or is  threatened to be made a party
         to any  threatened,  pending or completed  action,  suit or proceeding,
         whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
         action  by or in the  right of the  Corporation)  by reason of the fact
         that  he is or  was a  director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of the
         Corporation,  or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as
         a  director,   officer,  employee  or  agent  of  another  corporation,
         partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
         (including  attorneys'  fees),  judgments,  fines and  amounts  paid in
         settlement  actually and reasonably  incurred by him in connection with
         such  action,  suit or  proceeding  if he acted in good  faith and in a
         manner  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to the best
         interests of the Corporation,  and, with respect to any criminal action
         or  proceeding,  had no  reasonable  cause to believe  his  conduct was
         unlawful.  The  termination  of  any  action,  suit  or  proceeding  by
         judgment,  order,  settlement,  conviction,  or  upon  a plea  of  nolo
         contendere  or  its  equivalent,   shall  not,  of  itself,   create  a
         presumption  that the  person did not act in good faith and in a manner
         which  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to the  best
         interests of the  Corporation,  and with respect to any criminal action
         or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe his action was unlawful,
         or

                  (b) who was or is a party or is  threatened to be made a party
         to any  threatened,  pending or  completed  action or suit by or in the
         right of the  Corporation  to procure a judgment in its favor by reason
         of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
         the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
         as a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent of  another  corporation,
         partnership,  joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses
         (including  attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
         connection  with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
         acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably  believed to be in or
         not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no
         indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matters
         as to which such  person  shall have been  adjudged to be liable to the
         Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
         the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
         application that,  despite the adjudication of liability but in view of
         all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
         entitled to indemnity for such expenses  which the Court of Chancery or
         such other court shall deem proper.

                  To the extent that a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
         the  Corporation  has been  successful  on the merits or  otherwise  in
         defense of any action,  suit or proceeding referred to in subparagraphs
         (a) and (b) of this  Article 9, or in  defense  of any claim,  issue or
         matter therein,  he shall be indemnified  against  expenses  (including
         attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably  incurred by him in connection
         therewith.

                  Any  indemnification  under  subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this
         Article 9 (unless  ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation
         only as  authorized  in the  specific  case upon a  determination  that
         indemnification of the director,  officer,  employee or agent is proper
         in the  circumstances  because he has met the  applicable  standard  of
         conduct set forth in subparagraphs  (a) and (b) of this Article 9. Such
         determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority
         vote of the quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such
         action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable,
         or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested  directors so directs,
         by  independent  legal  counsel in a written  opinion,  or (iii) by the
         stockholders.

                  Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or
         director  in  defending   any  civil,   criminal,   administrative   or
         investigative   action,  suit  or  proceeding  shall  be  paid  by  the
         Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
         proceeding  upon  receipt  of an  undertaking  by or on  behalf of such
         director  or  officer to repay such  amount if it shall  ultimately  be
         determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation
         as authorized in this Article 9. Such expenses

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         (including  attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may
         be so paid upon  such  terms and  conditions,  if any,  as the Board of
         Directors deems appropriate.

                  The  indemnification  and advancement of expenses provided by,
         or granted pursuant to, this Article 9 shall not be deemed exclusive of
         any other rights to which those seeking  indemnification or advancement
         of  expenses  may be  entitled  under  any  bylaw,  agreement,  vote of
         stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action
         in his  official  capacity and as to action in another  capacity  while
         holding such office.

                  The Corporation may purchase and maintain  insurance on behalf
         of any person who is or was a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
         the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
         as a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent of  another  corporation,
         partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other  enterprise  against  any
         liability  asserted  against  him  and  incurred  by him  in  any  such
         capacity,  or  arising  out of his  status as such,  whether or not the
         Corporation  would  have  the  power  to  indemnify  him  against  such
         liability under the provisions of this Article 9.

                  For   purposes  of  this   Article  9,   references   to  "the
         Corporation" shall include,  in addition to the resulting  corporation,
         any   constituent   corporation   (including   any   constituent  of  a
         constituent)  absorbed  in a  consolidation  or  merger  which,  if its
         separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
         indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any
         person who is or was a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent of such
         constituent  corporation,  or is or was  serving at the request of such
         constituent  corporation as a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
         another  corporation,   partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or  other
         enterprise,  shall stand in the same position under this Article 9 with
         respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with
         respect to such constituent  corporation if its separate  existence had
         continued.

                  For  purposes  of  this  Article  9,   references   to  "other
         enterprises"  shall  include  employee  benefit  plans;  references  to
         "fines"  shall  include  any excise  taxes  assessed  on a person  with
         respect to an employee  benefit plan; and references to "serving at the
         request of the  Corporation"  shall  include any service as a director,
         officer,  employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on,
         or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with
         respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries;
         and a person  who acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably
         believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of
         an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not
         opposed to the best  interests  of the  Corporation"  as referred to in
         this Article 9.

                  The  indemnification  and advancement of expenses provided by,
         or granted pursuant to, this Article 9 shall, unless otherwise provided
         when authorized or ratified,  continue as to a person who has ceased to
         be a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent  and  shall  inure to the
         benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person."

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         (a)      Exhibits.

                           The  following  documents are filed as a part of this
registration statement.

         Exhibit           Description of Exhibit

         4.1*     VTEL Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan

         4.2*     Form of Option Agreement

         5.1*     Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation


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         23.1*    Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation 
                    (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)

         23.2*    Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
- --------------------

*        Filed herewith.


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
         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, 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; and

                  (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.

         B. The undersigned  registrant  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section  13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  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 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  Commission  such
indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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  of whether  such  indemnification  by it is against
public  policy as  expressed in the  Securities  Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.



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                                   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
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 Austin, Texas, on April 29, 1997.


                                           VTEL CORPORATION


                                      By:  /s/ F. H. (Dick) Moeller
                                         --------------------------
                                         F. H. (Dick) Moeller,
                                         Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
                                         of the Board of Directors


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below  constitutes  and appoints F.H.  (Dick) Moeller and Rodney S. Bond
and each of this,  each with full power to act without  the other,  his true and
lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any and all
capacities,  to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,  and
to file the same with all  exhibits,  thereto,  and all  documents in connection
therewith, with the SEC, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents
full  power  and  authority  to do and  perform  each and  every  act and  thing
requisite  and  necessary to be done in  connection  therewith,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming  all  that  each  of  said   attorneys-in-fact   and  agents  or  his
substitutes, 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  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


     SIGNATURE                         CAPACITY                       DATE
     ---------                         --------                       ----

/s/ F.H. (Dick) Moeller  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman     April 29, 1997
- -----------------------  of the Board of Directors (Principal 
F.H. (Dick) Moeller      Executive Officer)           

/s/ Rodney S. Bond       Chief Financial Officer, Vice President  April 29, 1997
- -----------------------  - Finance, Treasurer and Secretary
Rodney S. Bond           (Principal Financial Officer and 
                         Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ John V. Jaggers      Director                                 April 30, 1997
- -----------------------
John V. Jaggers

/s/ Eric L. Jones        Director                                  April 30,1997
- -----------------------
Eric L. Jones

/s/ Gordon H. Matthews   Director                                    May 4, 1997
- -----------------------
Gordon H. Matthews

Max D. Hopper            Director                                 April 30, 1997
- -----------------------
Max D. Hopper


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



                                                                      Sequential
   Exhibit                                                               Page
    Number              Document Description                            Number
   -------              --------------------                          ----------
     4.1        VTEL Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan
     4.2        Form of Stock Option Agreement
     5.1        Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
     23.1       Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. 
                    (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
     23.2       Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP


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                                   EXHIBIT 4.1










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                                VTEL CORPORATION

                             1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN







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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS                                 Page


1.       Purposes of the Plan................................................  1
         --------------------

2.       Definitions.........................................................  1
         -----------
         (a)      "Board"....................................................  1
                   -----
         (b)      "Committee"................................................  1
                   ---------
         (c)      "Common Stock".............................................  1
                   ------------
         (d)      "Company"..................................................  1
                   -------
         (e)      "Consultant"...............................................  1
                   ----------
         (f)      "Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant"...........  1
                   ----------------------------------------------
         (g)      "Date of Grant"............................................  1
                   -------------
         (h)      "Designated Plans".........................................  1
                   ----------------
         (i)      "Eligible Committee Member"................................  2
                   -------------------------
         (j)      "Employee".................................................  2
                   --------
         (k)      "Employer".................................................  2
                   --------
         (l)      "Exercise Price"...........................................  2
                   --------------
         (m)      "Fair Market Value"........................................  2
                   -----------------
         (n)      "Incentive Stock Option"...................................  2
                   ----------------------
         (o)      "Non-Statutory Stock Option"...............................  2
                   --------------------------
         (p)      "Option"...................................................  2
                   ------
         (q)      "Option Proceeds"..........................................  2
                   ----------------
         (r)      "Optioned Stock"...........................................  2
                   --------------
         (s)      "Optionee".................................................  2
                   --------
         (t)      "Parent"...................................................  2
                   ------
         (u)      "Plan".....................................................  2
                   ----
         (v)      "Reacquired Shares"........................................  2
                   -----------------
         (w)      "Separation"...............................................  3
                   ----------
         (x)      "Share"....................................................  3
                   -----
         (y)      "Shareholder Approval".....................................  3
                   --------------------
         (z)      "Subsidiary"...............................................  3
                   ----------

3.       Stock Subject to the Plan...........................................  3
         -------------------------

4.       Administration of the Plan..........................................  3
         --------------------------

5.       Eligibility.........................................................  4
         -----------

6.       Term of Plan........................................................  5
         ------------

7.       Term of Option......................................................  5
         --------------

8.       Exercise Price and Method of Payment................................  5
         ------------------------------------

9.       Exercise of Option..................................................  6
         ------------------

10.      Non-Transferability of Options......................................  7
         ------------------------------

11.      Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization or Merger................  7
         ----------------------------------------------------

12.      Time of Granting Options............................................  7
         ------------------------

13.      Amendment and Termination of the Plan...............................  8
         -------------------------------------

14.      Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares..................................  8
         ----------------------------------

15.      Reservation of Shares...............................................  8
         ---------------------

16.      Option Agreement....................................................  9
         ----------------

17.      Shareholder Approval................................................  9
         --------------------


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                                VTEL CORPORATION

                             1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN


     1.  Purposes  of the Plan.  The  purposes  of this Plan are to attract  and
retain,  and provide  additional  incentive to Employees and  Consultants of the
Company  and any Parent or  Subsidiary  in order to promote  the success of such
Employer's business.

         It is intended that each option  granted  hereunder will either qualify
as an  "incentive  stock  option",  as defined in  Section  422 of the  Internal
Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the "Code") or shall be an option which does
not so qualify.

     2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

     (a) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

     (b)  "Committee"  shall  mean  the  Committee  appointed  by the  Board  in
accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan.

     (c)  "Common  Stock"  shall mean the share or shares of common  stock,  par
value $.01 per share, of the Company.

     (d) "Company" shall mean VTEL Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

     (e) "Consultant" shall mean any person or entity who or which is engaged by
the  Employer  to  render  consulting  services  and  is  compensated  for  such
consulting  services and any director of the Employer  whether  compensated  for
such  services or not;  provided  that,  in the event the Company  registers any
security  under Section 12 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the  term  Consultant  shall  thereafter  not  include  directors  who  are  not
compensated  for  their  services  and are  paid  only a  director's  fee by the
Employer.

     (f) "Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant" shall mean the absence
of any  interruption  or  termination  of service as an Employee or  Consultant.
Continuous  Status  as  an  Employee  or  Consultant  shall  not  be  considered
interrupted while an Employee or Consultant is on sick leave, military leave, or
any other leave of absence approved by the Employer, if the period of such leave
does  not  exceed  90  days,  or,  if  longer,  so  long  as the  Employee's  or
Consultant's right to reemployment or to continue  consulting  services,  as the
case may be, with the Employer is guaranteed either by statute or by contract.

     (g) "Date of Grant" shall mean the date on which the Committee takes formal
action to grant an Option as provided in Section 12.

     (h)  "Designated  Plans"  shall  mean,  collectively,  this Plan,  the VTEL
[Videotelecom  Corp.] 1989 Stock Option Plan, and the VTEL Corporation  Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.

     (i)  "Eligible  Committee  Member"  shall mean a person who is an  "outside
director"  within the  meaning of  Section  162(m)(4)(C)(i)  of the Code and the
applicable treasury  regulations at the time of reference,  and also is a person
having  such  qualifications,  if  any,  as  are  necessary  under  Rule  16b-3,
promulgated  under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended,  or any
successor  regulation or statute adopted under the federal securities laws as in
effect at the time of the determination,  to enable the Plan to comply with such
Rule.

     (j)  "Employee"  shall mean any person,  including  an officer or director,
employed by the Employer.  The payment of a director's fee by the Employer shall
not be sufficient to constitute "employment" by the Employer.


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     (k)  "Employer"  shall  mean,  collectively,  the Company and any Parent or
Subsidiary.

     (l) "Exercise  Price" shall mean the per Share price required to be paid by
the Optionee in order to exercise his right to acquire the Share under the terms
of the Option.

     (m) "Fair  Market  Value"  shall  mean the fair  market  value of Shares as
determined under Section 8(b).

     (n) "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an option intended to qualify as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422A(b) of the Code.

     (o) "Non-Statutory Stock Option" shall mean an option which is not intended
to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

     (p) "Option" shall mean an option which is granted  pursuant to the Plan to
purchase Shares.

     (q) "Option  Proceeds" shall mean the cash proceeds received by the Company
from the exercise subsequent to December 31, 1991 of stock options granted under
the Designated Plans.

     (r)  "Optioned  Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock  subject to an
Option.

     (s)  "Optionee"  shall mean an Employee or Consultant to whom an Option has
been granted.

     (t) "Parent" shall mean a "parent corporation" of the Company as defined in
Section 425(e) of the Code. ------

     (u) "Plan" shall mean this VTEL Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan.

     (v)  "Reacquired  Shares"  shall mean  Shares,  if any,  reacquired  by the
Company  on the open  market,  but which  shall not,  at the time of  reference,
exceed, in the aggregate,  the lesser of (i) Shares having an aggregate purchase
price  equal to the Option  Proceeds at such time of  reference,  and (ii) fifty
percent (50%) of the aggregate Shares (excluding  Reacquired  Shares) authorized
in the  first  paragraph  of  Section  5, as it may be in effect at such time of
reference.

     (w)  "Separation"  shall mean the date on which an Employee  or  Consultant
ceases to have such employment or consulting  relationship with the Employer for
any reason.

     (x) "Share" shall mean a share of Common Stock.

     (y)  "Shareholder  Approval" shall mean the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority  of the shares  present in person or  represented  by proxy at the
shareholder meeting of reference and entitled to vote on the matter in question.

     (z) "Subsidiary" shall mean a "subsidiary  corporation",  of the Company as
defined in Section 425(f) of the Code.

     3. Stock  Subject to the Plan.  Subject to the  provisions of Section 11 of
the Plan,  the  aggregate  number of Shares which may be optioned and sold under
the Plan is seven hundred thousand (700,000), plus Reacquired Shares. The Shares
may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired.

     If Shares are received by the Company in connection with the exercise of an
Option  hereunder  by the  delivery of Shares (if  authorized),  or if an Option
should  expire  or become  unexercisable  for any  reason  without  having  been
exercised in full,  such Shares  received,  or remaining  unpurchased,  shall be
available for future grant under the Plan.


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     4. Administration of the Plan.

     (a)  Procedure.  The  Plan  shall  be  administered  by  a  committee  (the
"Committee") of two or more directors of the Company appointed by the Board.

          (i) Each member of the Committee must be an Eligible Committee Member.
     Accordingly,  without limitation,  under the regulations in existence as of
     the effective  date of the Plan, a member of the Committee (x) shall not be
     granted  or  awarded  Options  under the Plan,  (y) shall not be granted or
     awarded  options,  grants,  awards or other  rights  pursuant  to any other
     stock,  stock option or stock  appreciation  rights plan of the Employer or
     any of its  affiliates  (each,  an "Other  Plan") if a grant or award under
     such plan  would  cause  such  person not to be or to lose his status as an
     Eligible Committee Member (each, a "Disqualifying Grant") and (z) shall not
     have been granted or awarded any Options  under the Plan and shall not have
     been granted or awarded any Disqualifying Grant under any Other Plan at any
     time after one year prior to the date of his  appointment to the Committee;
     provided, however, in the event that the regulations in existence as of the
     effective  date of the Plan were modified in a manner that would permit any
     of the foregoing items specified in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of this Section
     4(a)(i),  the  restrictions  contained  in clauses (x), (y) and (z) of this
     Section  4(a)(i) shall be  correspondingly  amended to permit the otherwise
     proscribed matter.

          (ii) If a member of the Committee  ceases to be an Eligible  Committee
     Member for any reason, such person shall immediately, without any action by
     the Board, cease to be a member of the Committee.

          (iii) Any and all determinations and  interpretations of the Committee
     shall be made either (w) by a majority vote of the  Committee  members at a
     meeting duly called,  or (x) without a meeting,  by the written approval of
     all members of the  Committee.  Nothing herein shall preclude the Committee
     from  delegating its authority  (except that authority which is required to
     be retained and exercised in order (y) to comply with the  requirements  of
     Rule 16b-3 under the Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and
     (z) to exclude  all  amounts  relating  to each  Option  from  constituting
     "applicable employee  remuneration" under Section 162(m) of the Code) to an
     officer of the Company.

     (b) Powers of the  Committee.  Subject to the  provisions of the Plan,  the
Committee,  from time to time, may adopt rules and  regulations for carrying out
the purposes of the Plan. The determinations  under, and the interpretations of,
any provision of the Plan or an Option by the Committee  shall, in all cases, be
in its sole discretion, and shall be final and conclusive.  Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing,  the Committee, in its sole discretion,  shall have
the  authority:  (i) to grant  Options;  (ii) to determine,  in accordance  with
Section 8(b) of the Plan,  the Fair Market Value of a Share;  (iii) to determine
the Exercise Price; (iv) to determine the Employees and Consultants to whom, and
the time or times at which, Options shall be granted, the number of Shares to be
represented  by each Option and whether  such Options  shall be Incentive  Stock
Options,  Non-Statutory  Stock  Options,  or  any  combination  thereof;  (v) to
interpret the Plan;  (vi) to prescribe,  amend and rescind rules and regulations
relating to the Plan; (vii) to determine the terms and provisions of each Option
granted  (which  need not be  identical)  and,  with the  consent  of the holder
thereof,  to modify or amend any  outstanding  Option;  (viii) to  accelerate or
defer,  with  the  consent  of the  holder  thereof,  the  exercise  date of any
outstanding  Option;  (ix) to  authorize  any person to execute on behalf of the
Company any instrument  required to effectuate the grant of an Option previously
granted  by the  Committee;  and (x) to make  all  other  determinations  deemed
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

     (c) Effect of  Committee's  Decision.  All  decisions,  determinations  and
interpretations of the Committee shall be final and binding on all Optionees and
any other holders of any Options granted under the Plan.

     5. Eligibility.

     (a) Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Non-Statutory
Stock Options may be granted to either Employees or Consultants.  An Employee or
Consultant who has been granted an Option may, if he is otherwise  eligible,  be
granted an additional Option or Options; provided,  however, that in no case may
an  Employee  be granted an Option  covering  more than three  hundred  thousand
(300,000) Shares during any calendar year.

     (b) The Plan shall not confer upon any  Optionee  any right with respect to
continuation  of employment by, or consulting  relationship  with, the Employer,
nor shall it interfere in any way with his right or the Employer's right to

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terminate his employment or consulting  relationship  at any time, nor shall the
reference to "Employer" confer an employment relationship on a Consultant.

     (c) $100,000  Limitation on Annual Vesting of Incentive Stock Options.  The
aggregate  Fair Market Value  (determined as of the Date of Grant) of the Shares
with  respect  to  which  any  one or more  Incentive  Stock  Option(s)  granted
hereunder or under all such plans of the Employer is  exercisable  for the first
time by an Optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000.

     6. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective April 8, 1996,  subject to
Shareholder Approval, and shall expire on the tenth anniversary of the effective
date.

     7. Term of Option.  The term of each Option shall be of such length, not to
exceed ten (10)  years  (five  years in the case of an  Incentive  Stock  Option
granted to an  Employee  who on the Date of Grant owns stock  representing  more
than ten  percent  (10%) of the  voting  power  of all  classes  of stock of the
Employer) from the Date of Grant, as may be determined by the Committee.

     8. Exercise Price and Method of Payment.

     (a) The Exercise  Price shall be  determined by the  Committee,  but in the
case of an Incentive  Stock Option,  such Exercise  Price shall not be less than
100% (or, in the case of an Incentive  Stock Option  granted to an Employee who,
at the time of grant, owns stock representing more than ten (10%) percent of the
voting power of all classes of stock of the  Employer,  110%) of the Fair Market
Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

     (b) The Fair Market Value per Share shall be such amount as the  Committee,
in its sole discretion shall determine; provided, however, that where there is a
public  market for the Common  Stock,  the Fair Market  Value per Share shall be
determined as follows:  (i) if Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on
any United  States  national  securities  exchange or  included in the  National
Market  System of the  National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers  Automated
Quotation System  ("NASDAQ/NMS") or the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, the mean of the
highest and lowest sales prices of the Common Stock on such  exchange or system,
on the Date of Grant,  as reported by The Wall  Street  Journal,  or (ii) if the
securities  are  quoted  on  the  National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers
Automated  Quotation  System (but not  NASDAQ/NMS or NASDAQ Small Cap Market) or
similar system of automated  dissemination of quotations of securities prices in
common use, the mean between the closing high bid and low asked  quotations,  of
the securities on such system on the Date of Grant, as reported in such system.

     (c)  Payment for the Shares  upon  exercise  of an Option  shall be made in
cash,  or by check,  or if authorized by the  Committee,  by promissory  note or
delivery of other  Shares,  having a Fair  Market  Value on the date of delivery
equal to the aggregate  Exercise  Price of the Shares as to which said Option is
being  exercised,  or by any  combination  of such  methods of payment or by any
other method of payment as may be permitted under  applicable law and authorized
by the Committee.

     9. Exercise of Option.

     (a) Procedure for Exercise;  Rights as a  Shareholder.  Any Option shall be
exercisable at such times, and under such conditions,  as shall be determined by
the  Committee,  including  performance  criteria  with  respect to the Employer
and/or the Optionee, and as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan.

     An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

     An Option  shall be  deemed to be  exercised  when  written  notice of such
exercise  has been  given to the  Company  in  accordance  with the terms of the
Option by the person  entitled  to exercise  the Option and full  payment of the
Exercise  Price for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has
been received by the Company.  Full payment may, as authorized by the Committee,
consist  of any form of  consideration  and method of  payment  allowable  under
Section 8(c) of the Plan.  Until the issuance (as  evidenced by the  appropriate
entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized  transfer agent of the
Company) of the stock  certificate  evidencing such Shares,  no right to vote or
receive  dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect
to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise

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of the  Option.  No  adjustment  will be made for a dividend  or other right for
which the record date is prior to the date as of which the stock  certificate is
issued, except as provided in Section 11 of the Plan.

     Each  exercise of an Option shall  reduce,  pro tanto,  the total number of
Shares  that may  thereafter  be  purchased  under such  Option.  Subject to the
provisions  of the Section  5(c),  in no event shall be exercise of an Incentive
Stock Option by an Employee have any effect on the exercise of any Non-Statutory
Stock  Options   granted  to  such  Employee,   nor  shall  the  exercise  of  a
Non-Statutory  Stock  Option have any effect on the  exercise  of any  Incentive
Stock Options granted to such Employee.

     (b) Termination of Status as an Employee or Consultant.  Following his date
of Separation, an Optionee may, but only within thirty (30) days after such date
of  Separation,  exercise  his  Option to the  extent  that he was  entitled  to
exercise it on his date of Separation, and thereafter the unexercised portion of
the Option shall terminate.

     (c) Disability of Optionee.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(b)
above,  in the event an  Optionee's  Separation  is the result of permanent  and
total  disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), he may, but only
within  twelve (12) months from the date of  Separation,  exercise his Option to
the extent he was  entitled  to exercise  it at the date of  Separation.  To the
extent  that he was  not  entitled  to  exercise  the  Option  at  such  date of
Separation,  or if he does not exercise it within the time specified herein, the
unexercised portion of the Option shall terminate.

     (d) Death of Optionee.  In the event an Optionee's  Separation is by reason
of death,  the Option may be  exercised,  at any time within  twelve (12) months
following the date of the Optionee's  death,  by the  Optionee's  estate or by a
person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or  inheritance,
but only as to the number of Shares  subject to the Option as to which the right
to exercise  had accrued to the  Optionee at the date of death.  Notwithstanding
the  foregoing,  if an  Optionee's  death occurs  within  thirty (30) days after
Separation,  the Option may be  exercised  at any time  within  three (3) months
following the date of the Optionee's  death,  by the  Optionee's  estate or by a
person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or  inheritance,
but only to the extent of the right to exercise  that had accrued at the date of
Optionee's Separation.

     10. Non-Transferability of Options. Any Option granted hereunder may not be
sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner
other  than  by  will  or by the  laws of  descent  or  distribution  and may be
exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.

     11.  Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization  or Merger.  Subject to any
required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered
by each outstanding  Option,  and the aggregate number of Shares which have been
authorized for issuance under the Plan, as well as the Exercise Price,  shall be
proportionately  adjusted  for any  increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Common  Stock  resulting  from a stock split or the payment of a stock
dividend  with respect to the Common Stock or any other  increase or decrease in
the  number  of issued  shares  of Common  Stock  effected  without  receipt  of
consideration  by  the  Company;  provided,  however,  that  conversion  of  any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without  receipt  of  consideration".  Such  adjustment  shall  be  made  by the
Committee,  whose  determination  in that  respect  shall be final,  binding and
conclusive.  Except as expressly  provided herein, no issuance by the Company of
shares of stock of any class, or securities  convertible into shares of stock of
any class,  shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or Exercise Price of Shares subject to an Option.

     In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Employer, or
in the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Employer,  or the merger of the Employer with or into another  corporation,  any
Options of such Employer's  Employees or Consultants will terminate  immediately
prior to the consummation of such proposed action,  unless otherwise provided by
the  Committee.  The Committee may, in the exercise of its sole  discretion,  in
such instances declare that any Option shall terminate as of a date fixed by the
Committee  and give each  Optionee the right to exercise his Option as to all or
any part of the Optioned  Stock,  including  Shares as to which the Option would
not otherwise be exercisable.

     12. Time of Granting Options.  Any Option granted hereunder shall be deemed
to have been granted on the date on which the Committee makes its  determination
to grant such Option to the Optionee. Written notice of the

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Committee's  determination to grant an Option to an Employee or Consultant shall
be given to such Employee or Consultant  within a reasonable time after the date
of such grant.

     13. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

     (a)  Amendment  and  Termination.  The Board may  terminate the Plan at any
time. The Board may amend the Plan at any time in such respects as the Board may
deem  advisable;   provided,   that  the  following   amendments  shall  require
Shareholder Approval:

          (i) any  change in the  aggregate  number of  Shares  (subject  to the
     adjustments described herein) subject to the Plan;

          (ii) any change in the designation of the class of employees  eligible
     to be granted Incentive Stock Options;

          (iii)  permitting  the granting of an Option which extends  beyond Ten
     (10) years from the Date of Grant;

          (iv)  extending  the  termination  date  of the  Plan  past  the  10th
     anniversary of its effective date; or

          (v) if the Company  has a class of equity  security  registered  under
     Section 12 of the Exchange Act at the time of such amendment, any change in
     the  Plan  which  would  materially   increase  the  benefits  accruing  to
     participants under the Plan.

     (b) Effect of Amendment or Termination. The amendment or termination of the
Plan shall not  substantially  impair the rights and obligations of the Optionee
under any Option with a Date of Grant prior to such  amendment  or  termination,
unless the Optionee shall have consented to such change in writing.

     14. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. Shares shall not be issued pursuant
to the exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance
and  delivery of such Shares  pursuant  thereto  shall  comply with all relevant
provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed,
and shall be further  subject to the  approval of counsel  for the Company  with
respect to such compliance.

     As a condition  to the  exercise of an Option,  the Company may require the
person  exercising  such Option to represent and warrant at the time of any such
exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any
present  intention  to sell or  distribute  such  Shares  if, in the  opinion of
counsel  for  the  Company,  such a  representation  is  required  by any of the
aforementioned relevant provisions of law.

     15. Reservation of Shares. The Company,  during the term of this Plan, will
at all  times  reserve  and keep  available  such  number  of Shares as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

     Inability  of the  Company to obtain  authority  from any  regulatory  body
having  jurisdiction,  which authority is deemed by the Company's  counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve
the  Company of any  liability  in respect of the  failure to issue or sell such
Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

     16.  Option  Agreement.  Options  shall  be  evidenced  by  written  option
agreements in such form as the Committee shall approve.

     17. Shareholder  Approval. If the Plan is adopted by action of the Board of
Directors  prior to  Shareholder  Approval,  continuance  of the  Plan  shall be
subject to Shareholder Approval within 12 months following the date of adoption.

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                                   EXHIBIT 4.2





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                                VTEL CORPORATION
                        INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


         VTEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants
to Optionee this  Incentive  Stock Option to acquire ( ) Shares  pursuant to the
Plan,  WHICH OPTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO, AND HEREBY  INCORPORATES  BY REFERENCE,
ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN; provided,  however, that where the provisions
of the Plan permit the provisions of the Option to control,  such  provisions of
this Option shall control; and provided, further, that express references herein
to provisions of the Plan are for convenience, and inclusion or omission of such
reference(s)  shall not affect the  construction  of the terms and provisions of
this Option.

         1.       EXERCISE PRICE.  The Exercise Price is              ($      ).
                                                         -------------  ------

         2.       EXERCISE OF OPTION.  This Option shall  be exercisable  during
                  its term as follows:

                  (i)      Right to Exercise.

                           (a) This  Option  shall  be  exercisable  under  this
                  paragraph  2(i)(a)  that  number of full Shares  (less  Shares
                  previously acquired) equal to the product of (i) the number of
                  Shares initially  subject to this Option,  and (ii) a fraction
                  whose  numerator  the number of full  calendar  months (not in
                  excess of ) of Continuous  Status as an Employee or Consultant
                  which have elapsed  between the Date of Grant and such date of
                  exercise, and whose denominator is , being exercisable in full
                  after .

                           (b) This Option may be  exercised in whole or in part
                  at any  time;  provided,  however,  that  where  the  Optionee
                  Separates  prior  to , all  or  any  portion  of  such  Shares
                  acquired which could not have been acquired on or prior to the
                  date of Separation  through an exercise limited as provided in
                  paragraph 2(i)(a) ("Repurchasable Shares") shall be subject to
                  repurchase  by  the  Company,  upon  a  payment  equal  to the
                  Exercise Price, at any time within sixty (60) days immediately
                  following  the  date of such  Separation.  The  Company  shall
                  exercise its right to purchase Repurchasable Shares by written
                  notice(s)  (the  "Repurchase  Notice")  to  the  Optionee  (or
                  successor).  Each  Repurchase  Notice  shall  state  that  the
                  Company  is  exercising  such  right,  specify  the  number of
                  Repurchasable Shares to be repurchased,  and specify a closing
                  date (at the  principal  office of the  Company) not less than
                  five (5),  nor more than  thirty  (30),  days from the date of
                  delivering the Repurchase Notice.

                  (ii) Method of Exercise. This Option shall be exercisable from
time to time by written notice from the Optionee which shall state the number of
Shares in respect  of which  this  Option is being  exercised,  and which  shall
contain or be accompanied by such other representations and agreements as may be
required by the Committee in  accordance  with the  provisions of the Plan.  The
written  notice shall be  accompanied  by payment of the Exercise  Price for the
Shares to be acquired.

                  (iii)  Compliance  With Law. No Shares will be issued pursuant
to the exercise of this Option  unless the Company  reasonably  determines  that
such issuance and such exercise shall comply with all relevant provisions of law
and the  requirements  of any stock  exchange  upon which the Shares may then be
listed.

                  (iv) Non-Statutory  Option.  Notwithstanding the provisions of
the first  paragraph  hereof,  any Shares  subject to this  Option  which are in
excess of the limitations of Section 5(c) of the Plan (after taking into account
any previously granted Incentive Stock Option(s)) will be deemed granted under a
Non-Statutory  Stock Option but will in all other respects remain subject to the
terms hereof.

         3. METHOD OF PAYMENT.  The Exercise Price of any Shares purchased shall
be paid in cash,  by check,  by  delivery of other  Shares  having a Fair Market
Value  on the date of  delivery  equal to the  aggregate  Exercise  Price of the
Shares as to which this Option is being  exercised  by delivery of Shares or, if
permitted by the Committee in its sole  discretion,  with a promissory note (and
security) acceptable to the Committee, or by a combination of the above.

         4.       TERMINATION OF OPTION PERIOD.       The unexercised portion of
this Option shall automatically and without notice terminate and become null and
void at the time of the earliest to occur of the following:

                  (I)     thirty (30) days after the Optionee's Separation, 
                          other than a Separation  by reason of death or 
                          Disability;

                  (II)    one (1) year after Separation by reason of Disability;

                  (III)   one (1) year after Separation by reason of death;

                  (IV)    three  (3) months after Optionee's death within th
                          period following Separation described in (i); and

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                  (V)     the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant.

         5. EARLY DISPOSITION OF STOCK.  Optionee hereby agrees that if Optionee
disposes of any Shares received under this Option either (i) within one (1) year
after the  exercise  date with  respect to such  Shares,  or (ii) within 2 years
after the Date of Grant of this  Option,  Optionee  will  notify the  Company in
writing within thirty (30) days after the date of such disposition.

         6.  NON-SOLICITATION.  Without  limiting  the  generality  of any other
agreements  of the  parties,  this Option is being issued in  consideration  for
Optionee's agreement that for twelve (12) months after Separation Optionee shall
not,  directly or indirectly,  without the prior written  consent of the Company
(a) solicit or induce any employee of or  consultant to the Company to leave the
employ of, or terminate the  consulting  relationship  with,  the Company or (b)
solicit or accept from any customer of the Company  business which competes with
the  business  objectives  of the  Company.  In the  event of the  breach of the
provisions of this Section 6(a) and/or (b), in addition to the  Company's  right
to enforce the  provisions of this Section 6(a) and/or (b) to the maximum extent
permitted by law, this Option  automatically  shall become null and void (except
as to this  Section 6) and, at the  Company's  sole  discretion,  evidenced by a
written  notice  delivered to the Optionee  within 180 days  following the first
date on which the  President  of the  Company  has  actual  knowledge  of such a
breach,  the Company may notify the Optionee that he or she shall be required to
return to the  Company  either (1) all Shares  previously  acquired  through the
exercise of this Option,  in exchange for the Company's  payment to the Optionee
of the Exercise Price of each returned Share, (2) the portion of the proceeds of
the sale of such Shares which exceeds the Exercise Price of such Shares,  or (3)
both.


DATE OF GRANT:
GRANT NUMBER:

                                  VTEL CORPORATION
                                  A DELAWARE CORPORATION


                                  By:
                                     ---------------
                                      President


                             OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

         Optionee  acknowledges  receipt of a copy of the Plan, which is annexed
hereto as Exhibit A.  Optionee  represents  that Optionee has read the terms and
provisions of the Plan and this Option,  and accepts this Option  subject to all
of such terms and provisions.


                                  By:
                                     ---------------
                                      Optionee



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                                  June 3, 1997


VTEL Corporation
108 Wild Basin Road
Austin, Texas 78746

         Re:      Registration Statement on Form S-8

Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to VTEL  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Corporation"),  in connection  with the  preparation of the  Registration
Statement  on Form  S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement")  to be  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on June 3, 1997, under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  relating to 2,700,000  shares of the
$.01 par value common stock (the "Common Stock") of the Corporation  that may be
offered  through the exercise of stock options (the  "Options")  granted or that
may be granted under the VTEL Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

         You have  requested  the  opinion of this firm with  respect to certain
legal  aspects  of the  proposed  offering.  In  connection  therewith,  we have
examined and relied upon the original, or copies identified to our satisfaction,
of (1) the Certificate of Incorporation  and the Bylaws of the  Corporation,  as
amended; (2) minutes and records of the corporate proceedings of the Corporation
with respect to the  establishment  of the Plan,  the  reservation  of 2,700,000
shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan and to which the Registration
Statement  relates,  the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan
and related  matters;  (3) the  Registration  Statement  and  exhibits  thereto,
including  the Plan;  and (4) such other  documents and  instruments  as we have
deemed necessary for the expression of the opinions herein contained.  In making
the foregoing  examinations,  we have assumed the  genuineness of all signatures
and the  authenticity  of all documents  submitted to us as  originals,  and the
conformity to original  documents of all documents  submitted to us as certified
or photostatic copies. As to various questions of fact material to this opinion,
and as to the content and form of the Certificate of Incorporation,  the Bylaws,
minutes,   records,   resolutions   and  other  documents  or  writings  of  the
Corporation, we have relied, to the extent we deem reasonably appropriate,  upon
representations  or certificates of officers or directors of the Corporation and
upon  documents,  records and  instruments  furnished to us by the  Corporation,
without independent check or verification of their accuracy.

         Based upon our examination and  consideration  of, and reliance on, the
documents  and other  matters  described  above,  we are of the opinion that the
Corporation presently has available

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VTEL Corporation
June 3, 1997
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at least  2,700,000  shares of  authorized  but unissued  shares of Common Stock
and/or treasury shares of Common Stock.  From these shares of Common Stock,  the
2,700,000 shares of Common Stock proposed to be offered pursuant to the exercise
of Options granted or to be sold through the Plan may be issued.  Assuming that:
(i) any outstanding  Options, if any, were duly granted,  that the Options to be
granted in the future  are duly  granted,  and that the shares to be sold in the
future through the Plan are all in accordance  with the terms of the Plan,  (ii)
the  shares  of  Common  Stock to be issued  in the  future  are duly  issued in
accordance  with the  terms of the  Plan,  (iii) the  Corporation  maintains  an
adequate  number of authorized  but unissued  shares and/or  treasury  shares of
Common  Stock  available  for  issuance to those  persons who  exercise  Options
granted  under or purchased  through the Plan,  and (iv) the  consideration  for
shares of Common Stock issued  pursuant to the Plan and pursuant to such Options
is actually  received by the Corporation as provided in the Plan and exceeds the
par value of such shares,  then the shares of Common Stock issued in  accordance
with the terms of the Plan and issued  pursuant  to the  exercise of the Options
granted under or sold through and in accordance  with the terms of the Plan will
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement and to references to our firm included in or made a part
of the Registration  Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we
come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities  Act or the Rules and  Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     JENKENS & GILCHRIST,
                                                     a Professional Corporation


                                                     By:/s/ L. Steven Leshin
                                                        ---------------------
                                                        L. Steven Leshin

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                                  EXHIBIT 23.2

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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We  hereby   consent  to  the   incorporation   by  reference  in  this
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8 of our  report  dated  October  10,  1996
appearing on page 31 of VTEL  Corporation's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the
transition period from January 1, 1996 to July 31, 1996.



/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
- ------------------------
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Austin, Texas
May 28, 1997






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