Latest Articles: In the Car
Nuance Automotive Forum Europe Gets Rave Reviews!
Posted April 19, 2012 at 8:45 am, by Cindy Bocko, Marketing Specialist, Automotive
An international audience of more than 130 attendees gathered at the Nuance Automotive Forum in Stuttgart, Germany on April 16-17 to experience the latest connected car innovations from Nuance and our partners. All major car manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, and navigation vendors were represented and key topics included Connected Car use cases, message dictation, music search, advanced audio integration and an intriguing new study on multilingual solutions. Once again, latest demos were a highlight of the event. Nuance brought to life new applications such as news reader, in-car communication, handwriting, the latest text to speech and more. And partner demos from Spansion, Mediazen, Gracenote, QT and Charamel shed new light on how connectivity is making seamless drive/car communication an everyday reality. From its read more
VoCon Hybrid – A Complete Hybrid Development Solution
Posted March 22, 2012 at 1:09 pm, by Lewis Mowatt, Product Manager, Nuance Automotive
Nuance just launched “VoCon Hybrid”, a complete embedded and connected voice recognition development SDK for OEMs, automotive suppliers and embedded app developers. The VoCon Hybrid SDK combines the power of Nuance’s cloud-based Dragon voice recognition with Nuance’s successful embedded VoCon product portfolio, which includes embedded voice recognition found in around 50 million mobile devices worldwide, and VoCon SSE barge-in. And it’s available in in over 25 languages. “VoCon Hybrid” provides OEMs and developers with a single unified API to access both embedded and network voice recognition technologies from Nuance – delivering that easy, intuitive “one button” experience for the end user. And with always listening wake-up word functionality, OEMs and developers can empower their consumers to simply speak to engage read more
Live from Portland with Ford SYNC
Posted March 13, 2012 at 3:32 pm, by Rebecca Paquette, Senior Corporate Communications Manager, Nuance Mobile
Many of you have already experienced how amazing it is to talk to your car – and have it listen – with the Ford SYNC and MyFord Touch systems powered by Nuance’s voice technologies. In fact, a recent customer survey from Ford found that new owners identify SYNC’s voice-recognition capability as a key feature, and 77 percent report using voice commands regularly. With Ford SYNC MyFord Touch’s intuitive voice user interface, people can make calls, set navigation and hear turn-by-turn directions, say something as simple as “I’m hungry” and find the nearest place to grab some grub, and of course, quickly and easily find that favorite song buried in the thousands stored on your mobile device. And with SYNC AppLink read more
Phase In Voice to Phase Out Distracted Driving
Posted March 12, 2012 at 2:19 pm, by Richard Mack, Vice President, Corporate Communications
Today the Department of Transportation and NHTSA will hear public perspective and commentary on its recently issued recommended guidelines for minimizing distracted driving, essentially, from the ground up. NHTSA is engaging in a three-phase approach to investigate how in-car systems, devices and technology can be designed and integrated to reduce manual and visual distractions. The Phase 1 takes a look at the manual-visual requirements for in-car systems and devices, Phase 2 that of manual-visual requirements for portable devices, and Phase 3, the vocal and auditory requirements for both in-car and portable devices and systems. Nuance is in DC today with the Distracted Driving Safety Alliance (DDSA) to provide additional perspective on those recommendations. Mobile consumers crave connectivity. Cars and those read more
Quo vadis? The Need for Multilingual Navigation
Posted March 1, 2012 at 8:20 pm, by Fatima Vital, Senior Marketing Programs Manager, Nuance Automotive
Did you know that in 2010 Germans made almost 29 million trips to foreign countries by car? Approximately 7.7 million of these trips were to Austria and 4.8 million to Italy but only about 600 thousand to Spain. You might ask yourself ‘Who cares?’ Well, Nuance cares. In order to develop voice solutions that really meet car drivers’ needs, Nuance continuously conducts studies and surveys analyzing car drivers’ behavior, expectations and preferences. One of our recent studies looks into drivers’ needs for multilingual navigation. It’s based on interviews with 40.000 car drivers from 33 European countries. If you’re interested in learning more about the study and multilingual navigation solutions, join us at the Nuance Automotive Forum Europe 2012, taking place read more
The Future of Automotive HMI
Posted January 30, 2012 at 2:45 pm, by Cindy Bocko, Marketing Specialist, Automotive
As we know, trends in mobile communication and consumer electronics are rapidly evolving , but how are these developments changing the way we interact with cars? Nuance’s “Automotive Vision 2020” examines this question, and is based on a thorough analysis of current and future key trends affecting the evolution of automotive Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs). Our newest whitepaper, Automotive HMI Fit for 2020, provides an insightful analysis on global trends in a number of key areas including personal mobile devices, consumer electronics, car technology, demography, economy and legislation. Each trend is analyzed in light of its impact on the evolution of automotive infotainment systems in general and automotive HMI in particular, demonstrating how these trends may shape a typical automotive read more
Talk to your Music!
Posted January 11, 2012 at 4:25 pm, by Brian Resnik
People nowadays have a music database of thousands of music titles, and more and more consumers subscribe to online music services. Navigating through the music selection however can be really annoying. Nuance and Gracenote have agreed a strategic partnership to enhance the music selection experience of music in automotive and music and video beyond automotive. Nuance and Gracenote have worked together since 2001 and have provided the two key pieces of voice enabled music solutions shipping in automotive since 2009 now these two parts will be brought together are one total solution from Nuance – VoCon Music. VoCon Music will deliver an unmatched voice experience where consumers can simply speak the name of almost any artist, song, or album, and read more
Ready for CES 2012? We are!
Posted January 7, 2012 at 5:57 am, by Nuance Mobile Life
What better way to start the year than with a tradeshow! Nuance is getting off on the right foot with some exciting demos, news, and activites at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas! From your phone, to your car, to your livingroom, Nuance wants to power your lifestyle in 2012! We’ll be rocking CES this year with our most diverse set of offerings ever, and plenty of events to showcase them in! For starters, the Dragon Guy will be wandering the show floor, so if you see that bright green suit, stop and say hello. You might just get yourself a sneak peak at something amazing! We’ll be showcasing some of our latest tech at the Pepcom Digital read more
