Forged by Hundreds of Man-Years of R&D and Proven by Millions of Users, Dragon Has Brought Speech Into the Mainstream and is Fueling New Applications in Mobile Messaging, Healthcare Transcription
April 10, 2007 (Press Release) --
BURLINGTON, Mass., April 10, 2007 – During the month of April, Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of speech solutions, marks the tenth anniversary of the introduction of Dragon™ NaturallySpeaking®, the world’s best-selling and most accurate continuous speech recognition solution. Recognized by events and celebrations around the world, the tenth anniversary honors the decades of engineering efforts, millions of users and continued innovations that drive the rapidly growing Dragon NaturallySpeaking solution family.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 1.0 was introduced in April 1997 as the first general-purpose continuous-speech recognition solution for the PC. Its revolutionary feature was to enable users to speak normally – eliminating the tedious word-at-a-time approach that was then state-of-the-art. In just ten short years, Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 9 has moved the speech recognition category from one viewed as niche and speculative to one where speech recognition has become a mainstream application for personal computer users, as well as a critical technology for mobile and search applications.
“Speech recognition has come a long way in a relatively short period of time, and we are proud that Dragon NaturallySpeaking has led in accuracy and innovations every step of the way,” said Robert Weideman, senior vice president and general manager of Productivity Applications for Nuance. “We applaud all that have made this possible – from the dedicated and innovative development teams to the diligent and effective sales and marketing professionals. But most of all we thank the millions of loyal users who are an instrumental part of making the Dragon family of products and technologies invaluable for everyone.”
Everyday, millions of people rely on Dragon NaturallySpeaking to create documents, email messages and blogs up to three times faster than typing; to more accurately input data into spreadsheets; and to transform the way they use their PC – simply by speaking. In healthcare environments Dragon’s speech recognition technology enables Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions from Nuance to instantly input clinical information into electronic medical records systems, and to replace manual transcription with automated processes. And most recently, Nuance has developed Dragon Mobile, a revolutionary solution that enables mobile phone users to create emails and search the Web – completely by voice.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking has an amazing accumulation of innovations that deliver unrivalled levels of accuracy, ease-of-use and productivity – many of them protected by a significant set of patents.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 1.0 was introduced in April 1997 as the first general-purpose continuous-speech recognition solution for the PC. Its revolutionary feature was to enable users to speak normally – eliminating the tedious word-at-a-time approach that was then state-of-the-art. In just ten short years, Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 9 has moved the speech recognition category from one viewed as niche and speculative to one where speech recognition has become a mainstream application for personal computer users, as well as a critical technology for mobile and search applications.
“Speech recognition has come a long way in a relatively short period of time, and we are proud that Dragon NaturallySpeaking has led in accuracy and innovations every step of the way,” said Robert Weideman, senior vice president and general manager of Productivity Applications for Nuance. “We applaud all that have made this possible – from the dedicated and innovative development teams to the diligent and effective sales and marketing professionals. But most of all we thank the millions of loyal users who are an instrumental part of making the Dragon family of products and technologies invaluable for everyone.”
Everyday, millions of people rely on Dragon NaturallySpeaking to create documents, email messages and blogs up to three times faster than typing; to more accurately input data into spreadsheets; and to transform the way they use their PC – simply by speaking. In healthcare environments Dragon’s speech recognition technology enables Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions from Nuance to instantly input clinical information into electronic medical records systems, and to replace manual transcription with automated processes. And most recently, Nuance has developed Dragon Mobile, a revolutionary solution that enables mobile phone users to create emails and search the Web – completely by voice.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking has an amazing accumulation of innovations that deliver unrivalled levels of accuracy, ease-of-use and productivity – many of them protected by a significant set of patents.
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