Nuance Communications, Inc. (NUAN)

grayland1210 (< 20) Submitted: 11/06/06 2:21 PM

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Appreciate your naysaying...there is a large herd mentality behind this one and I am trying to decide when/if to jump in with real money.
Talkers vs typers? Texting is a purely social thing in my view; but speech is more so. IF NUAN can get this to the "art " of feeling like you are talking when you could be typing they could pass their big hurdle for personal users. For professional use, speech will always be more portable and functional ( hands free). My Blackberry is a bit esoteric in all its features and that has its own challenges, but the biggest problem with it is my fingers are too big for the keys - I need to be dedicated to the unit to do anything on it - its definitely not hands free.

I think commercial use of functional speech recognition protocols is a certainty. Question is, if NUAN does not get the personal user wll they win, and how big is that?
Where are the rest of the naysayers on NUAN?

grayland1210

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Garranova (94.23) Submitted: 11/08/06 4:45 AM

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woeiruwlkaidmek. Wow, the speech recognition really works!

Time to be serious. I think you need to move beyond the idea of this kind of software being used solely for writing letters. The medical and legal transcription business has already been hashed, but there are some larger uses for voice recognition.

Think about lifestyle. Imagine waking up and saying, "Coffee", and the machine starts up. You say, "Shower", and the water cranks up. When you get out you say, "email Mom. 'Mom, I'll pick you up from Bingo at 9'. send" etc....

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qxinvest (27.51) Submitted: 11/09/06 2:48 AM

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Yeah... I'm not stuck on writing letters, I was just alluding to all the other pitches highlighting that use, and it highlights the generation trend in general. Some of those things listed are my aforementioned niches.. though they rely on heavy investment on smart home type technology, really. I think "Call Mom" is the extent of what would be highly adopted, and most people I know have phones already that support this technology, though those who even bother set it up rarely use it..

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billbu (96.94) Submitted: 11/24/06 8:02 AM

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I think your point about preferring text messaging as a means of communicating in a different way is valid. I'm not so sure that you appreciate that this is not the only or even the primary target audience for the voice to text message technology, let alone the broader portfolio of VR technologies. Texting offers near silence and privacy/stealth of communication. These benefits will not go away and will always have their place but there are much larger uses for all types of short messaging. As the enormous utility of short asynchronous messaging of all types become more broadly appreciated larger target audiences will emerge.

Fingers are not getting any smaller but devices are. Keyboards, even mini-keyboards are becoming a limiting factor. Ditto for the eyesight and dexterity of an aging population. I expect that keyboard based texting will continue to grow and don't expect current texters to abandon their new way of communication but as smaller and smaller devices are adopted by larger and older audiences voice as an input method can't help but thrive.

And that's just the text messaging angle. I don't see people typing much in their cars. Interfacing with your car and it's accessories as well as using other devices during drive time will require a hands free voice interface.

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qxinvest (27.51) Submitted: 11/25/06 12:59 AM

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My response catering to the text messaging idea, etc, is merely that, a response. If you read all the pitches in here, you'd see the abundance to which I'm responding. It was the best vehicle to make the point. I went on to talk about many others.

I agree about the niche use in cars... but... my immediate family has 3/5 cars that already have this technology - seems this is already in their revenue stream (note: not profits, heh). Ditto for use in cell phones, I don't know anyone who doesn't already have voice recognition in their phones, though I also don't know anyone who used it past just toying around the first day.

I do, however, agree about the use for the aging people of today, in fact, that was basically my point. As far as communication, this is a technology for bridging a generation gap. Beyond communication, a novelty, save the niche uses. Just not explosive.

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Healthinfo78 (< 20) Submitted: 6/16/07 4:10 PM

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I wouldn't sign my name on this document... a transcriptionist is invaluable in the medical community. They produce legal medical record documents with compassion and integrity to get it correct, so our physicians have accurate information to make decisions on someones quality of life. Common sense, forget about it!!!

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