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Who is Nuance Communications, Inc.? |
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Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. The company's technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Nuance comprises the world's largest portfolio of speech and imaging products backed by the expertise of its professional services organization and a partner network that can create solutions for businesses and organizations around the globe. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses, experience Nuance by calling directory assistance, getting account information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched. Making each of those experiences productive and compelling is what Nuance is all about.
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When was Nuance founded? |
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The company was incorporated as Visioneer, Inc. in March 1992 and through December 1998, developed and sold scanner hardware and software products. On January 6, 1999, Visioneer sold the hardware business and the Visioneer brand name to Primax Electronics, Ltd., and on March 2, 1999, Visioneer acquired ScanSoft, in a cash election merger, from Xerox Corporation. The corporate entity "Visioneer" survived the merger, but changed its name to "ScanSoft, Inc." On October 18, 2005, the company changed the name to "Nuance Communications, Inc."
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How many employees does Nuance have? |
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Nuance has more than 3,500 employees in more than 35 offices throughout the world.
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Where is the company headquartered? |
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Nuance maintains its corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts and operates from more than 35 regional offices around the world.
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How does Nuance sell its products? |
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Nuance sells its products through a network of more than 2,000 channel partners, including leading system vendors, independent software vendors, value-added resellers and distributors, as well as through direct sales personnel and through its Web site. The company has grown through a commitment to open solutions and nurturing a partner network that spans all areas of the business and multiple geographies. Today, through various partnering programs, the company maintains strategic relationships with hundreds of leading companies - including Accenture, Avaya, Canon, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lexmark, Microsoft, Nortel, Sony and Xerox - that help bring Nuance technologies, applications and solutions to global markets.
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Who are some of the company's customers? |
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Nuance customers span a range of industries and disciplines with particular concentration in industries that breed information, including financial services, healthcare, government, educations, utilities, travel and telecommunications. Today, more than 16 million people use a Nuance productivity application; more than half the Fortune 100 use Nuance speech solutions and nearly one thousand devices - handsets, printers, automobiles - incorporate Nuance technology.
Customer examples include:
- Speech
Some of the world's leading companies have selected Nuance to automate call centers, directory assistance, consumer devices, automobiles and enterprise auto attendants, including Bank of America, Bell Canada, United Airlines, the Internal Revenue Service, Delphi, Citroen, Chrysler, Sony and Verizon.
- Dictation
Companies such as Cerner and Misys incorporate Dragon NaturallySpeaking into larger medical systems and EMRs, while thousands of individuals and corporations use the software to prevent or treat repetitive strain injury, or simply to become more productive.
- Imaging
Companies such as Brother, Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Visioneer and Xerox include our technology in digital copiers, printers and scanners, as well as multifunction devices that combine these capabilities. In addition, companies such as Corel, Kofax, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft and Symantec embed our digital capture technology into their commercial software applications.
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