BURLINGTON, Mass., January 28, 2008 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading supplier of speech solutions, is today announcing the continued success of its Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical certified value-added reseller (VAR) partners. Nuance’s Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions division honored its top VARs for strength in their regional territories and high quality of service at its First Annual VAR Healthcare Summit earlier this month at its headquarters in Burlington, Mass. At the Summit, Nuance presented awards to six of its 180 outstanding VARs. Thirty-six of Nuance’s partners are gold certified, including all of the partners that received awards at the event. In 2007 these Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical VARs provided a suite of comprehensive services to Dragon customers, including consulting, pre- and post-sales support, customization, training and technical services. Recipients of Nuance’s VAR awards include:

Kaberline Healthcare Informatics – 2007 Strategic Partner of the Year, Central (Saint Louis, Missouri)

Next Generation Technologies, Inc. – 2007 Strategic Partner of the Year, West (Lynnwood, Washington)

Peter Cohen Associates – 2007 Strategic Partner of the Year, Northeast (Natick, Massachusetts)

Computers Made Effective, Inc. – 2007 Strategic Partner of the Year, South (Tampa, Florida)

Advanced Speech/Assistive Technologies – 2007 Top Revenue Partner of the Year (Punta Gorda, Florida)

1450, Inc. – 2007 Value-Added Distributor of the Year (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)

“The ongoing commitment to shared success and partnership between Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical certified VARs and the Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions division is critical to further drive speech recognition adoption across the healthcare market,” said Dr. Bill Wade, vice president, Kaberline Healthcare Informatics. “We have made it a top priority as a company to support Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical and will continue to provide our customers with the high-quality training, support and value that they have come to expect from working with us.”

Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical is the most widely used and successful speech recognition solution in the history of the industry. It is used by more than 50,000 clinicians in the U.S. today to document care directly in an electronic medical record (EMR), in Microsoft Word, or in other clinical software. Benefits include:

Reduced transcription costs

Improved report turnaround time

Improved quality of patient documentation

Increased overall adoption rates of clinical information systems

“It’s a true testament to our organization that the industry’s top healthcare technology providers offer our solutions, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical, to their esteemed customers,” said Edward Rucinski, senior vice president sales, Nuance’s Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions. “Together with our value-added reseller partners, we continue to provide customers with state-of-the-art speech recognition solutions while helping healthcare provider organizations reduce costs, increase overall workflow and improve patient care and safety.”

For more information on Dragon NaturallySpeaking and its numerous features for maximum efficiency, including seamless integration with the healthcare industry’s leading EMR products, visit http://www.nuance.com/dictaphone/naturallyspeaking/.

Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Division

Nuance’s Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Division provides comprehensive dictation and transcription solutions and services that improve the way patient data is captured, processed and used changing the way people process and work with medical information. Through the integration of speech recognition and natural language processing within existing health information management workflow, Nuance’s Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions offerings help healthcare organizations save money and improve patient care by improving the turn around time, accuracy and usability of their medical documentation. For more information, please visit http://www.nuance.com/dictaphone/.

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Nuance (Nasdaq: NUAN) is a leading provider of speech and imaging 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 information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications and professional services. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.

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