BURLINGTON, Mass. — July 23, 2008 — Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN)), a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that it has won two “BERTL’s Best” awards from BERTL Inc., a source for objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and workflow solutions. Nuance’s OmniPage® Professional software received an award for “Best Interface in a Top Tier OCR Program,” while Nuance’s PaperPort® software was named the “Best Desktop Document Management Application.” Both awards were bestowed within the Workflow Solutions testing category.

OmniPage Professional is the world’s best-selling and most accurate optical character recognition (OCR) and document conversion application for Microsoft Windows. After extensive testing, BERTL analysts recognized OmniPage for its extremely intuitive user interface, which makes it a snap to automate the paper-to-digital conversion and archiving of every kind of document — including letters, contracts, spreadsheets, magazine articles, research reports, technical manuals and more.

PaperPort is used to scan, search and organize documents and photographs on a personal PC or across a network. In addition, the ease-of-use and patented features of the product have helped to make it the de-facto standard for scanning from MFP devices, with PaperPort being the OEM client application for these devices. For the second consecutive year, BERTL recognized PaperPort for its intuitive user interface, simple navigation, All-in-One Search and other advanced features, all of which combine to make PaperPort the best desktop document management application on the market today.

For 13 consecutive years, BERTL has recognized the best devices and software in the digital imaging marketplace with “BERTL’s Best” awards. In keeping with its real-world focus, BERTL has taken the opinion of its well respected, expert analysts and again based its award categories on the environment setting surrounding the use and performance of the winning device or solution. While print or copy speeds are important, it is the feature set, functionality, and performance that are the key considerations in judging which product is “BERTL’s Best.” BERTL analysts not only looked at how well a product performed in various real-world settings, but also what specific aspects of the device and under what circumstances make analysts stand up and take notice.

“We’re pleased to be recognized by a respected independent testing organization such as BERTL,” said Chris Strammiello, vice president of marketing in the Imaging Division of Nuance. “Not only do millions of people around the world trust OmniPage and PaperPort at the desktop for scanning, organization and document conversion, but both are also built into a wide variety of hardware devices to simplify scanning and electronic document workflows within organizations large and small. The BERTL’s BEST awards are excellent validation that we are delivering on the promise to make our customers more productive with the best document management and workflow applications on the market today.”

About BERTL

BERTL® Inc. is the source for objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and workflow solutions. BERTL’s evaluation reports, customer satisfaction research, awards and product ratings are undertaken entirely at BERTL’s expense for the benefit of its international subscriber base.

At all times, BERTL’s primary focus is the end user. Covering all major digital imaging manufacturers, BERTL publishes the world’s most extensive Web site of evaluation reports, comparisons data, vertical market research, news and more on copiers, printers, MFPs, production and workgroup scanners, fax machines, color and production equipment and wide format devices. BERTL reports, research and other industry informative services are available in a range of specialized subscription services. To learn more about BERTL, visit www.BERTL.com or telephone 1 732-761-2311.

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About 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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