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Nuance Announces Dragon Assistant Beta,
a Voice Application for Intel-Inspired Ultrabooks
Dragon Assistant Lets People Speak to their PC to Search the Web, Find Content,
Play Music, Check and Reply to Email, Update Social Network Statuses and More
San Francisco and Burlington, Mass., – September 11, 2012 – Nuance Communications, Inc.,
(NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the availability of Nuance’s Dragon Assistant Beta, a
voice assistant application for the Intel-inspired Ultrabook ™, the first offering resulting from
the two companies’ strategic collaboration announcement at CES 2012. Dadi Perlmutter, Intel
chief product officer, demonstrated Dragon Assistant Beta today at the Intel Developer Forum in
San Francisco. The Dell® XPS13 Ultrabook will be among the first PCs to ship with Dragon
Assistant Beta in Q4 2012.
Dragon Assistant uses Nuance’s core Dragon voice technology and innovative natural language
understanding capabilities to provide people with an easy and intuitive way to engage and
interact with their devices. Simply say “Hello Dragon” to awaken Dragon Assistant, and from
there, just speak to search the web for content, information and shopping; access, discover and
play music; check and reply to email; and, listen to and update social media statuses. Dragon
Assistant also provides direct access to the most popular content providers for content on the
web. For instance, people can say “Search YouTube for Justin Bieber.” When finished using
Dragon Assistant, simply say “Go to sleep” for the application to stop listening.
Intel also today announced the availability of the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK 2013 Beta,
which includes the voice SDK components from Nuance, giving developers the ability to
leverage the power of Dragon to create applications and experiences that drive natural, intuitive
voice interactions.
“Dragon Assistant is a direct result of Nuance and Intel’s vision for a more human, natural
interaction between people and their technology. You speak and the Ultrabook responds.
Working closely with Intel, we’ve created a voice assistant experience optimized for the
Ultrabook – incredibly fast, reliable, and with the performance you expect from a combined
Nuance-Intel innovation. Dragon Assistant drives productivity, creativity and simply a PC
experience that fits today’s busy lifestyle,” said Peter Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer,
Nuance Communications.
Dragon Assistant is the latest addition to Nuance’s broad portfolio of voice, touch and natural
language understanding innovations that are defining a new generation of personal assistant
technologies. As a result, people experience more humanized interactions with the world’s best
phones, tablets, computers, cars, TVs, apps, and services from leading manufacturers and
operators. Nuance’s technologies are found in billions of phones and millions of automobiles and
consumer electronic devices – making them among the most pervasive solutions on the market
today. To learn more, visit www.nuance.com.
About Nuance Communications, Inc
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of voice and language
solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and
services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with
devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience
Nuance’s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
Nuance, Dragon, and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance
Communications, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States of America and/or other countries.
All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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