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Nuance (News - Alert) is a global provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers in automotive industry. Nuance's integrated suite of technologies and services include voice-activated dialing, voice destination entry for navigation systems, vehicle command and control, in-vehicle entertainment systems and connected services currently available on more than 30 million vehicles and 30 million personal navigation devices worldwide.

 

Nuance Communications, Inc. has recently announced it has joined the ng Connect Program. In response to increasing consumer demands for connected cars, Nuance has decided to augment its speech solutions portfolio through the collaboration with a number of technology, device and application providers in the fields of connected vehicles.

 

The ng Connect Program is a multi-industry organization committed to the development and rapid deployment of the next generation of broadband services based on Long Term Evolution (LTE (News - Alert)) and other ultra high bandwidth technologies. Founded in 2009, the ng Connect Program is supported by leading network, consumer electronics, application and content providers including 4DK, Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), Atlantic Records, BUZZMEDIA, chumby, Connect2Media, CoolSign, Creative Technology Ltd., Desktone, EON Reality, FISHLABS, GameStreamer, Inc., Gemalto (News - Alert), HP, Intamac Systems Ltd., K12, Inc., Kabillion, Kyocera Communications Inc., LearningMate, LiveCast, MediaTile, Nuance Communications, Mobideo, Movial (News - Alert), NCR Corporation, Optical Crime Prevention, Inc., QNX, R360, RebelVox LLC., Samsung, SIGNEXX, Total Immersion, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., TuneWiki, V-Gate, Vidyo and Words & Numbers.

 

As a program member, Nuance Communications, Inc will initially focus its collaboration efforts on next-generation automotive services. Its future plans involve extending its focus to solution concepts for the broad range of vertical industries the company serves including healthcare, financial, government and education, to name a few.

 

As part of the ng Connect Program, Nuance will contribute to an in-vehicle solution concept that leverages the company's innovations in speech recognition, natural language processing and text-to-speech technology, such as Nuance Voice Control for Automotive, the industry's first one button solution for seamless voice-controlled access to all in-vehicle and connected services. In myriad industry studies, availability of in-vehicle voice control and command applications has proven to minimize both visual and manual driver distractions.

 

Nuance Communications has just unveiled its Dragon SpeechPack for Designers, a new Dragon NaturallySpeaking suite with a special set of commands for leading graphical design tools. By becoming the member of ng Connect, it will be easier for the company to reach out with its product to a bigger market.

 

"Today's mobile consumer craves connectivity no matter where they are, evidenced by the increased demand for connected capabilities in the automotive environment.

 

However, safer usage of these connected features behind the wheel is critical to minimize visual and manual distractions. By joining the ng Connect Program, we're able to collaborate with a number of technology, device and application providers to bring our speech capabilities to market in unique ways that make accessing connected car services and features safer and easier," Arnd Weil, Nuance Automotive, general manager, explained.