Nuance Mobile Gives Users the Power to Be the World's Fastest Text Messager.Nuance Mobile Dictation Prevails in Speed Challenge Against World Champion Texter; Speech Solution Enters Messages in a Fraction of the Time Required for Standard Text Entry ORLANDO, Fla. -- Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is a computer software technology company. Their current worldwide headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts in the United States. Nuance provides speech and imaging solutions and is mainly known for its speech recognition and speech synthesis software that , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NUAN NUAN New User Action Notation (modeling language) ), a leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that Nuance[R] Mobile Dictation triumphed over the world champion texter in a challenge to determine the fastest and most accurate way to send text messages and email using mobile devices. "The Amazing Race: Mobile Text Messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. " took place at Conversations Mobile, a premier speech event for the mobile communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. being held in Orlando this week. In a classic match-up of man vs. machine, Ben Cook, recently crowned the world champion of text messaging, raced against Nuance Mobile Dictation, the speech recognition technology that allows mobile phone users to create text messages using speech. Cook, a teen from Utah, holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest entry of a 160-character standardized message on a mobile device: "The razor toothed piranhas
"Mobile phone subscribers sent over a trillion SMS messages last year - despite the data entry constraints of cumbersome phone keypads - so one can imagine the potential of this market given a simple and intuitive speech-driven SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. interface," said Michael Thompson Michael Thompson may refer to:
The complete Amazing Race competition featured four participants: Ben Cook using triple tap input; a former Tegic employee using T9 input; a proficient typist using a Blackberry device with a full QWERTY keyboard The standard English language typewriter keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. Designed by Christopher Sholes, who invented the typewriter, the keyboard layout was organized to prevent people from typing too fast and jamming the keys. ; and Nuance's own staff member demonstrating Nuance Mobile Dictation. Contestants were scored based on the time required to complete the entry of the exact text messages, including appropriate spelling, punctuation and capitalization. In addition to the world record message, the contestants raced using messages average texters would send today, such as: "I'm on my way. I'll be there in 30 minutes." Nuance easily claimed victory completing the message in 7.86 seconds, followed by a strong effort from Cook at 16.25 seconds. The contestants using the Blackberry and T9 devices came in a distant third and fourth at 30 seconds and 58 seconds. Nuance Mobile Dictation is an application built upon the Nuance Mobile Speech Platform announced earlier this week. It features "dictate anywhere" functionality on Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. and Symbian OSs, allowing users to dictate wherever they see a blinking cursor on their device screen. Nuance Mobile Dictation can also be ported to other OSs and applications. About Nuance Communications, Inc. Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for business and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications, and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share, and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance's proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com. The statements in this press release that relate to future plans, events, or performance or to market acceptance of Nuance's products are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with market trends, competitive factors, and other risks identified in Nuance's SEC filings. Actual results, events, and performance and actual market acceptance of Nuance's products may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof. Nuance and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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