Sometimes, the smallest and simplest apps make the most sense. Take Nuance’s new Dragon Notes for Windows 8, for example. Unlike its NaturallySpeaking cousin, it’s not a universal tool: instead, it’s narrowly focused on the voice dictation of memo…
Emojis not giving that missive the right oomph? A Facebook Messenger for Android update has brought stickers into that mix with characters like cats and aliens, lending your chat head conversation just the right dose of nuance. It popped up yester…
We joke that Gmail holds the record for the most drawn-out test phase, but Swype comes close: the keyboard replacement has been considered a work in progress on various platforms since before Android devices hit the streets, and well after it star…
Amazon isn’t shy about wanting to own as much of the Kindle Fire’s software experience as it can, which creates a challenge when implementing voice search — the company can’t just re-skin Google Now and call it a day. The next-quickest alternative i…
Hellooooo!!! Sure, you can get the meaning across without tossing in all those extra, repetitive vowels and exclamation points, but the fact remains that quite a few of us are in the habit of typing out messages that are elong…
At its core, a BioShock title must promise two things: aphoristic philosophical pontification and opportunities for increasingly creative murder. Creator Ken Levine’s success is due in no small part to his ability to strip the…
The torturous days when smartphone users suffered through having to push buttons to wake up their smartphones may soon be over. MIT’s Technology Review blog reports that speech recognition software company Nuance Communications (NUAN), which …
Intel at CES promised a partnership with Nuance to give Ultrabooks a taste of ready-made voice recognition, and we’re finally seeing the results at IDF in San Francisco through the launch of Nuance’s Dragon Assistant Beta. As the name implies, this i…
Nuance Communications (NUAN) has made some big-time improvements to its popular Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition software, including improved performance on Gmail and Hotmail and a new Android app that lets customers use their Android device as a remote microphone for the PC app. The new NaturallySpeaking 12 release, available on August 3rd for $99.99, promises 20% improved voice recognition accuracy over the previous NaturallySpeaking release, a Siri-esque Smart Format feature that adapts to users’ individual speech patterns, and a new version of the Dragon Remote Microphone app that is now compatible with Android. Nuance unveils Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12, delivering unprecedented accuracy and speed for voice recognition on the PC BURLINGTON, Mass., – July 26, 2012 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN)
It somehow feels like it was only yesterday that Nuance unveiled its Dragon Drive! creation to the world, hoping to in the process make drivers’ lives easier by delivering a fresh eyes / hands-free messaging system inside connected cars. Unfortunatel…
