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Nuance Launches The New Swype : Awesome Keyboard For Android Is Here

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Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the next-generation Swype keyboard, a four-in-one keyboard that is a revolutionary step forward in the way people communicate and input text on their mobile devices. Swype now combines touch and voice input with unique adaptive capabilities to understand users’ preferences over time – becoming smarter and more personalized every time they swype, speak, tap and write.

“People use their keyboards every day in every way – so input needs to be fast and simple”

Staying connected has never been more exciting as Swype provides consumers with more choice in how they input text, and now interprets a user’s personal language style – ultimately providing an amazingly fast, flexible, and accurate experience. New features include:

  • Next Word Prediction: Swype’s next word prediction is amazingly intelligent as Nuance has integrated capabilities from its renowned XT9 portfolio. Swype gets smarter based on historical usage, so prediction becomes more accurate with each use.

  • Voice-Text Dictionary Syncing: Swype now includes a personal dictionary. Every new word a user enters on the keyboard gets added to their personal dictionary for speech and text, and you can even have Swype learn from emails, texts and posts. These updates are then mapped into Swype’s unified language model, so people can immediately speak or write that same word no matter how unique or specialized.

  • Language Downloads: Swypers everywhere can communicate in any language they speak, as Swype now supports the download of over 55 languages right from the device.

  • Four-in-One Keyboard: Swype now delivers a four input modalities in one keyboard. People can swype from letter to letter; type rapidly with predictive text input powered by XT9; speak their text naturally through a fully integrated Dragon button; or, simply write letters, words and symbols using their fingertip. Further, users can switch back and forth between modalities on the fly – providing the ultimate in keyboard personalization.

      • “People use their keyboards every day in every way – so input needs to be fast and simple,” said Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. “The new Swype living, learning keyboard ushers in a new era of input, where the keyboard adapts to the users’ unique way of communicating every time they swype, speak, tap or write.”

      Availability

      The next-generation of Swype is available for OEMs supporting the Android Platform as well as via an SDK for other operating systems. Can’t wait for a device? Go to beta.swype.com to download the Swype Beta for Android today.

       

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      Nuance Launches Dragon ID : You Can Unlock Phones, Tablets And Cars Using Your Voice [Video]

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      Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced Dragon ID, Nuance’s voice biometrics technology that lets people quickly and easily unlock mobile devices and consumer electronics just by using their voice. Dragon ID enables manufacturers to secure and personalize access to phones, tablets, apps and PCs with a simple spoken word or phrase.

      People rely on their mobile devices and tablets to hold contact information, text messages, work and personal emails, notes and photos, confidential documents. To access devices, people rely on cumbersome passcodes and pins – or worse – nothing at all. According to a recent consumer survey by Nuance, 96% of respondents stated they often make mistakes typing their passwords on their mobile phones.

      With Dragon ID, people can “forget” their passwords and simply create a spoken password or passphrase, offering a secure and convenient way to “wake-up” and access devices. For instance, just saying “Hello Dragon” can securely turn on a device and instantly launch a personalized home screen with favorite apps and content – even on shared devices like tablets or PCs.

      Dragon ID brings even more intelligence to a device by enabling it to know who you are by the sound of your voice, or more specifically, your voiceprint. In fact, Nuance’s voice biometrics authentication technology is already relied upon by the world’s leading enterprises, carriers, banks and government institutions, with over 20 million voiceprints enrolled globally.

       

      “Consumer devices and the experiences they deliver are incredibly personal – and with that comes a need for greater security,” said Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. “Nuance’s innovative Dragon ID further humanizes the mobile experience, leveraging a person’s unique voice to secure and access their device, and keeping the content they rely on each day private and personal.”

      Availability

      Dragon ID is available for consumer device OEMs, initially supporting English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean for Android and other platforms, with additional language availability in 2012. Dragon ID joins Dragon Dictation, Dragon Go!, Dragon TV and Dragon Drive! as the latest innovation in Nuance Mobile’s expansive voice and natural language portfolio. To learn more, visit www.nuancemobilelife.com.

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      Nuance Launches Dragon Drive! : Now You Can Control Your Car With Your Voice Like Siri

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      Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today unveiled Dragon Drive!, Nuance’s new automotive-grade natural-language voice platform created and designed specifically for the connected car. Dragon Drive! enables automotive manufacturers and suppliers to deliver eyes-free, hands-free message dictation and direct access to content, music, and navigation – all powered by the same core technologies at the heart of Nuance’s successful Dragon Dictation and Dragon Go!.

      Consumers demand connectivity no matter where they are – fueling rapid growth of the connected car market and increased demand for voice-enabled in-car services.

      But accessing all the connected car has to offer must not come at the expense of driver distraction. Among the biggest being manual-visual distractions posed by handheld messaging.

      Dragon Drive! Messaging is the first in a series of connected services that will hit the market this summer as part of Nuance’s Dragon Drive! platform. Dragon Drive! features Nuance’s renowned Dragon Dictation technology already experienced by tens of millions of consumers worldwide. Drivers experience a conversational mobile assistant messaging experience that lets them speak, listen and respond to text messages and emails – keeping their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. For instance:

      • “Send a text to Anna Smith, ‘I’m stuck in traffic. I’ll be at the office as soon as possible.’”

      • “Listen to the email from Alex” to hear text read aloud with Nuance’s newly optimized humanlike text-to-speech;

      • “Reply to Alex, ‘Sushi sounds great. See you at 7.’”

      Furthering the hands- and eyes-free connected-car mobile assistant experience, Nuance’s Dragon Drive! platform also gives automotive manufacturers the same directed search and natural language understanding capabilities experienced in the successful Dragon Go!. The result is a driver who can speak to:

      • Find local businesses and information;

      • Get instant directions from anywhere;

      • Search and listen to any song or artist; and,

      • Get instant knowledge and news from the mobile Web.

      And it’s all available through a simple spoken query or command, regardless if it’s in the car or in the cloud. Dragon Drive! hears what you say and understands what you mean, delivering spoken content and information from leading, trusted providers – hands and eyes not required.

      Dragon Drive! fully harnesses Nuance’s deep experience and research in natural language understanding and automotive voice technologies. The result is a highly specialized automotive-grade hybrid platform optimized for in-vehicle use that engages both the embedded and connected features of in-car infotainment systems. Combined with Nuance’s sophisticated array microphone and noise cancellation technology, drivers experience a seamless and natural exchange with their car, minimizing manual and visual distractions.

      “As connectivity continues to push into the car, bringing with it a host of new services and features, the risk of driver distraction is becoming a key issue for every vehicle manufacturer,” said Jack Bergquist, Automotive Analyst, IMS Research recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). “Vehicle manufacturers are increasingly turning to natural voice-based interfaces to simplify more complex command tasks and to provide information and data back to the driver in a way that avoids them needing to take their eyes off the road.”

      “The entire automotive ecosystem faces a critical challenge – keep consumers connected to the content they love, without imposing dangerous distractions behind the wheel,” said Arnd Weil, vice president and general manager, automotive, Nuance Mobile. “Dragon Drive! has been designed from the ground up with a focus on voice and natural language bridging that gap to give consumers the ability to take full advantage of the broad range of services today’s connected car has to offer.”

      Dragon Drive! Messaging is currently available in six languages including US and UK English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Additional services, languages and country markets will roll out throughout the year. To learn more about Dragon Drive!, visit www.nuance.com/products/dragon-drive

      Fed Up Of Your TV Remote?–Nuance Launches Dragon TV To Let You Control Your TV With Your Voice

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      If you are tired with pressing those darn remote buttons of you TV remote then you will be fascinated what the company behind Apple iPhone Siri has come up with.

      Nuance Communications Inc. today unveiled Dragon TV, at the CES 2012 convention, a unique voice understanding platform for TV devices. Dragon TV makes finding and accessing shows, movies and content in today’s digital living room easy and fun for consumers. Leveraging Nuance’s voice and natural language understanding capabilities, Dragon TV creates the “lean-back experience” consumers demand, with the ability to easily find content by speaking channel numbers, station names, show and movie names. People can even search for content by actor and genre, and stay connected via Twitter, Facebook and Skype.

      Consumers will now have more options and media than they are even aware of, and still can’t find “what’s on.” Dragon TV changes all of that, allowing consumers to say virtually anything to quickly and easily discover shows, movies and more. For instance, people can say:

      - “Go to PBS”
      - “What’s on Bravo at 9 p.m. tonight?”
      - “When is Ellen on?”
      - “Watch Dexter on DVR”
      - “Find comedies with Vince Vaughn”
      - “Play David Guetta on Music Choice”

      Dragon TV also makes it even easier to stay connected from the couch by leveraging the unique messaging and social media capabilities that today’s digital TV OEMs and operators offer, such as email, messaging, Twitter, Facebook and Skype. For instance, people can say:

      - “Send message to Julie, ‘Old School is on TBS again this weekend – super excited’”
      - “Send update to Facebook, ‘Anyone else looking forward to Celebrity Wife Swap?’”
      - “Call John via Skype” and be talking in no time

      Dragon TV features include:

      Seamless Application Control: Digital home devices are now integrating applications for e-mail, social networking and interactive communication. Dragon TV offers a straightforward and simple method of input to drive adoption.

      Discovering: A wealth of information is now available over TV, including program guide listings, personal media and web content. Dragon TV delivers an integrated, universal search solution allowing users to access content with ease.

      Messaging: From social networking to e-mail, the availability of messaging applications on TV continues to grow. With Dragon TV users are empowered to interact and communicate via an integrated text and speech solution.

      Accessibility: Governments and standards bodies are now mandating accessible solutions for TV. Leveraging Nuance’s core speech technologies and natural language understanding, Dragon TV makes TV accessible to everyone.

      Complex Acoustics: With Nuance’s Far-Talk technology, Dragon TV is able to break through the interferences of multiple acoustic sources and focus on what’s important for interpreting commands – the user’s voice.

      “Traditional search on televisions is tedious and amazingly outdated,” said Mike Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile.  “Dragon TV brings an amazing voice experience directly to the living room, similar to what people do every day on their phones and in their cars.”

      Dragon TV is currently available for TV, device OEMs, operators and developers, supporting all major TV, set-top box, remote control and application platforms, including Linux, Android and iOS. For more information, visit www.nuancemobilelife.com.