Dragon Medical coming to the iPhone

Nuance unveils Dragon Medical Mobile Apps for the iPhone! See the post from Peter Mahoney below for more details.

Dragon Medical coming to the iPhone - just what the doctor ordered

The power of Dragon is spreading! And this morning’s announcement is no exception. Our Healthcare team just released some exciting news today to kick off the HIMSS conference – the introduction of Dragon Medical Mobile Apps for smartphones. These new apps can help physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers efficiently access clinical information and document patient encounters using their mobile devices.
During HIMSS this week, our Healthcare team will be showing off the new Dragon Medical Mobile Apps for smartphones, including:

Dragon Medical Mobile Dictation
Dragon Medical Mobile Search
Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder
Dragon Medical Mobile SDK

Availability of the apps is expected throughout this year, beginning in the spring of 2010.

Check out this video that illustrates how these apps work and how they benefit healthcare workers - http://www.youtube.com/user/SavetheDrNote#p/a/u/0/tRdj975lIKU

To read more about this exciting news, go here.

This announcement is part of our strategy to make speech accessible to even more people, from more places and devices. Our Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search Apps for iPhone are a great example of that, allowing folks to hold the power of Dragon right in their hands. Both apps rocketed to the top of the charts in the App Store shortly after launch and remain wildly popular. We also announced recently that automotive manufacturers can harness the power of Dragon to allow drivers to access dynamic real-time information and services by voice — right in their cars.

Thanks!
Peter Mahoney
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Dragon

Nuance Acquires MacSpeech

Exciting news from the Dragon team here at Nuance today with the acquisition of MacSpeech. See the post from Peter Mahoney below for more details.

Nuance Acquires MacSpeech

I’m so excited to share with you that this morning we announced that Nuance has acquired MacSpeech, the leader in providing speech recognition solutions for the Macintosh. Upon its introduction in 2008, MacSpeech Dictate earned the coveted MacWorld Best of Show Award, and has since received praise from press and customers alike for its accuracy. As you are may already know, Dictate uses our Dragon speech recognition engine at its core, which is part of what makes it so popular!

This is an exciting time for the Mac community — Mac shipments are up, the new iPad is due to ship in a couple of months, and new apps (like Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search) are being added to the App Store every day, revolutionizing how we work, play and communicate. It’s a perfect time for us to open Dragon’s doors to the Mac community!

I’m sure that folks will have a lot of questions about what today’s news means for Dragon and for Dictate. Rest assured, if you currently use either product, nothing will change in the near term. In the coming weeks, we promise to share updates with you as regularly as possible. In the meantime, check out more about the news here – www.nuance.com/macspeech. On this page, you’ll find a copy of the press release that was issued this morning, as well as a detailed Q&A, and links to important resources.

We are thrilled to welcome MacSpeech to the Nuance family and we look forward to sharing more updates with you in the coming months.
Thanks,

Peter Mahoney
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Dragon

Dragon Mind Dictation “Debuts” at Macworld

We’re on the ground in San Francisco this week for an exciting Macworld Expo.  The opening presentation today featured David Pogue, personal technology columnist for the New York Times and closet talk show host.  David put together an amazing talk that included special guests (Levar Burton!), musical numbers, and even a sampling of “what if” fake iPhone apps, including the Rogue Pogue and even something called the iPreg, which we’ll let you figure out on your own. 

The highlight of the talk for us though was David’s “demonstration” of a new app called Dragon Mind Dictation.*  We all know that Dragon is accurate, but in the future what if Dragon were so good that you didn’t even need to speak for it to recognize your dictation? 

Introducing…Dragon Mind Dictation!  Check it out!

*Note – not a real app :-)

 

REBECCA PAQUETTE

Corporate Communications Manager, Mobile

Need a Personal Assistant? Check Out the New Siri App for iPhone Featuring Speech Recognition from Nuance

How often do we all think “wow, I could really use a personal assistant.”  Well – as of today it’s just an app away on your iPhone 3GS with Siri.   The free app helps accomplish everyday tasks like making restaurant reservations, buying movie tickets, or hailing a taxi – and it’s all powered by the same Nuance voice recognition technology found in Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search!  Just speak to your phone and the Siri app will understand what you say.  For instance, “I’m looking for Avatar movie times.” From there, it’ll execute subsequent actions to pull up movie times in your area and help you buy tickets.   What’s even cooler is that over time, Siri adapts to users’ individual preferences – just like a personal assistant would!

This is an app that we encourage you to check out.  For more details, visit http://www.siri.com/ or just simply download the app in the Apple App Store here.

REBECCA PAQUETTE

Corporate Communications Manager, Mobile

Power of Dragon is Coming Soon to a Car near You – Announcing Nuance Voice Control Automotive

Today we had a very exciting announcement from our automotive business that we thought would be appropriate to share with our Dragon Mobile Apps users – we’re bringing the power of Dragon to the car! Today we unveiled Nuance Voice Control Automotive, an innovative platform that is designed for auto manufacturers to bring voice-enabled connected services to drivers around the world – and it’s based on the same core speech recognition technology that you take advantage of in Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search.   So what can you do with Nuance Voice Control Automotive?  Lots of amazing tasks, including:

• SMS text messaging and email capabilities, allowing drivers to simply speak and send messages while keeping their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road;
• Interaction with social networks such as Twitter and Facebook;
• News, weather and traffic updates and the latest sports scores and stock prices;
• Movie theatre locations, film listings and times;
• Dining options in current area or point of destination; and,
• Price comparisons for hotels, fuel, etc.

We’re a mobile society, and more and more we find ourselves connected at all times.  But it’s important to ensure a safer route to staying connected behind the wheel – that’s where speech technology becomes so valuable and why we’ve worked to bring this innovative platform to auto manufacturers.  We expect the first cars with Nuance Voice Control Automotive to start shipping next year – so stay tuned! 

REBECCA PAQUETTE

Corporate Communications Manager, Mobile

Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search Now Available in Canadian App Store

Many of you have asked about the ability to download Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search outside of the U.S. I’m pleased to announce that we are making the U.S. versions of the Dragon Applications available on the Canadian App Store. These versions support U.S. English and will use U.S. English spellings (“center” vs. “centre”, “color” vs. “colour”, etc.).

Canadian users, you will want to verify that your iPhone or iPod Touch’s Region Format is set to Canada (see Dragon Search FAQ -> General) to search Canada specific content.

We’re very excited to hear your feedback from up North in Canada – so download it today and let us know what you think! For those of you with an iPod Touch, see our recent blog posting here to learn more about how to get the most out of your iPod Touch experience.

It’s also important to note that we are continuously working on new dialects and languages, including new dialects for English, French and other languages. Once we’re ready to roll them out – you’ll be the first to know!

Scott Taylor, Vice President, Marketing & Solutions, Nuance Mobile

Dragon Dictation & Dragon Search on iPod Touch

Exciting news for iPod Touch users…Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search are now available for 2nd or 3rd generation iPod Touch.

To provide you with the best possible user experience, we would like you to know a couple of requirements specific to iPod Touch. Both applications need to process your voice, which means your iPod Touch needs to be connected to an external microphone. Based on the audio processing quality of different microphones, the recognition accuracy may vary. You will also need Internet connectivity (WiFi) while using the application on iPod Touch to process the audio data.

We have introduced a new configuration parameter for Dragon Dictation; you can now choose the end-of-speech detection to be automatic. This will let the application auto-detect when you finish speaking without tapping the “Done” button.

Thank you for your patience & continued excitement while we were working on support for iPod Touch. We look forward to hearing your feedback!

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