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NMDP – Appapalooza Wave of New Speech-Enabled Apps

Posted May 11, 2011 at 10:14 am, by

Greetings speech-lovers! When we launched the Nuance Mobile Developer Program (NMDP) back in January, we knew that easy access to the industry’s most powerful speech-recognition technology—the Dragon Mobile SDK—would be a huge hit among developers! And in just 90 short days, more than 2,500 of you signed on to bring the power of speech to YOUR iOS or Android app—and the results speak for themselves! From Price Check by Amazon to Merriam-Webster and Ask.com to Yellowbook, the Dragon Mobile SDK is powering the voice recognition and text-to-speech capabilities of some of the most popular iOS and Android apps on the market today! And with good reason – as more and more customers discover the ease and convenience speech-enabled apps deliver… read more

Enhance Your Business—Speech-Enable Your Mobile App!

Posted April 28, 2011 at 3:20 pm, by

Today’s consumer is mobile—in every sense of the word! The on-the-go lifestyle no longer applies just to corporate jetsetters—with the world at their fingertips, people in all walks of life now manage their day-to-day activities on their smartphones and tablets. And your customers are no different! The question is—how do you keep up?! Did You Know? Speech-enabling YOUR mobile app makes you—and your customers—more productive! Speaking text is up to five times faster than typing! So when you’re out in the field on your next customer sales meeting, just think—wouldn’t it be great if you could quickly speak the orders just received into your mobile device and send them back to the home office quickly without having wait until the end… read more

Join Nuance Mobile at App Circus in Palo Alto Tonight!

Posted April 6, 2011 at 2:14 pm, by

Do you ever dream of running off to join the Circus!? Well we do, which is why we’re sending Nuance Mobile Developer Program (NMDP) guru Aaron Masih off to the App Circus event in Palo Alto tonight! So…maybe not the type of circus you envisioned, but still just as good—and much more relevant to your everyday lives! Aaron will be on hand speaking about the power of NMDP to an audience featuring nearly 300 of the world’s most innovative mobile developers, and will also serve on the jury of the event’s Evening Showcase—selecting a winner among 10 cutting-edge apps from top international developers. So to all of our friends and fans in Silicon Valley, come join us and get a… read more

Dragon road trip to SXSW

Posted March 18, 2011 at 1:08 pm, by

I’ve just returned from my first visit to SXSW in Austin, Texas, and there is no doubt that the city has an amazing vibe — good food, great music, fun people and an appetite for all things mobile! My colleague and fellow Dragon Mobile apps enthusiast, Allison, and I had a great time at the gdgt event hanging out with our good friend Willie and interacting with Dragon fans face-to-face. Equipped with demos of Dragon for email on Blackberry, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search on the iPhone and FlexT9 on several Android devices, including new tablets from Samsung and Motorola, it was quite extraordinary to watch app users experience the power of Dragon on the next generation of smart devices…. read more

Calling All Dragon Fans in Austin! Join us tonight at gdgt live!

Posted March 14, 2011 at 2:27 pm, by

SXSW, anyone? The Nuance Mobile team will be live and on-the-ground in Austin tonight for gdgt live at the PureVolume House—and like any good guest, we’re not arriving empty handed! So if you happen to be in the Austin area tonight, stop by the Nuance table and give us a SHOUT—we’ll be the ones hanging out with the country crooning Willie Nelson lookalike—so yeah, you shouldn’t have any trouble picking us out of the crowd! And we’ll also be doing much more than just taking in some Willie tunes! Our own Brian Clarkin and Allison Cherrette will be armed with the coolest gadgets to demo the latest and greatest Dragon Mobile Apps from Nuance. Chances are that if you have… read more

Congrats NMDP Friend and 2011 Appy Award Winner Ask.com!

Posted March 3, 2011 at 9:58 am, by

We have exciting news from the app universe to share today!!! Huge SHOUT OUT to Nuance Mobile Developer Program (NMDP) partner Ask.com for being crowned a 2011 Appy Award Winner, taking home the top prize in the Best in Reference category!!! Whether you’re looking for the best BBQ in Dallas or the coolest new club in Boston, Ask for iPhone makes it easy!!! With this speech-enabled app, you can quickly get answers to all of your questions—and all you have to do is ASK!!! Ask for iPhone puts the awesome power of the Ask.com community in your hands—literally! And with the cool Dragon-powered Voice-to-text functionality, getting answers to your questions when on-the-go is even easier—just speak your question and the… read more

NMDP Graduates Cool New App = Speak Your Tasks Anyone?!

Posted February 24, 2011 at 2:16 pm, by

We have exciting news to share with you today Dragon fans! This past week, Dutch software innovator Catalysts GmbH – and Nuance Mobile Developer Program partner – launched a brand new speech-enabled version of their popular Taskmind app on the iTunes Store! Taskmind is a companion app for the iPhone and iPad that helps you negotiate your on-the-go lifestyle—store all of your important tasks, projects, and appointments right within the app—keeping them always within reach! And by integrating Taskmind with our renowned Dragon Mobile SDK through NMDP, now you can simply speak your tasks and the app converts your spoken words into text—no training necessary!!! Now, we know what you’re thinking—speech-enabling an app seems really complicated and time-consuming? Nope –… read more

Jawbone ERA Headsets – Got Voice!

Posted February 10, 2011 at 3:27 pm, by

Calling all developers! Looking for an innovative way to make your app more dynamic?! Here’s an idea – add voice like in the new Jawbone ERA Bluetooth headsets! The brand new Jawbone ERA Bluetooth headset now features Nuance’s powerful text-to-speech (TTS) technology for the headset’s Caller ID by Name feature. The Jawbone ERA’s Caller ID by Name feature lets you load your address book onto the headset’s serial flash via Jawbone’s unique MyTALK platform – so as the calls start coming in the headset will literally speak the name of the person calling you! You heard right!—no more fumbling for your phone!!! In fact, no hands required—period!!! Whether you decide to take the call or not…well, that’s your business!!! With… read more