Xerox Names Nuance Overall Office Solution Partner of the Year

Xerox Also Recognizes Nuance as Fax/Scan Office Partner of the Year

Burlington, MA – May 20, 2010 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that Nuance was named the 2009 Alliance Partner of the Year by Xerox Corporation’s Global Business Group. Nuance was recognized for continued contributions to Xerox, its customers and the printing industry.

Nuance delivers leading scanning and document automation solutions for Xerox’s multifunction printers (MFPs), which enable customers to replace manual paper processes with digital document workflows that save money, increase productivity in the office and deliver a measurable return-on-investment.

“Nuance solutions leverage the processing power, large touch screens and network connectivity of the Xerox Extensible Interface Platform to automate document workflows for any size organization,” said Robert Weideman, general manager and senior vice president of the Nuance Document Imaging Division. “We are committed to enhancing the value of the Xerox platform through our continued innovation and product leadership – joining with Xerox in allowing organizations to turn paper into profits.”

Nuance has been a Xerox partner for more than a decade, providing innovative solutions that include Scan-to-PC Desktop®, ScanFlowStore™ and eCopy™ ShareScan®. This year, Xerox recognized Nuance for two top partner awards:

Nuance — Overall Office Solution Partner of the Year

In naming its Overall Office Solution Partner of the Year, Xerox cited Nuance for commitments to the market, customers and Xerox, coupled with a dedicated team of sales, marketing and technical resources. Xerox positioned the addition of X-Solutions and eCopy solutions to the Nuance portfolio in the past year as enabling Nuance to expand significantly its reach with joint customers on a global basis and provide more comprehensive product offerings from a single vendor.

Nuance — Fax/Scan Office Partner of the Year

In selecting its Fax/Scan Office Partner of the Year, Xerox called out Nuance for contributions to Xerox success in the past year by driving revenue and MFP sales worldwide. Nuance provides Xerox customers with innovative document processing solutions that improve productivity by simplifying work processes, which reduce time and costs.

Nuance’s Solution Portfolio

eCopy ShareScan, the world’s best-selling MFP scanning system, provides organizations with everything needed to automate paper-to-digital workflows, letting office workers scan paper documents easily and securely using Xerox MFPs and scanners. The award-winning eCopy ShareScan solution delivers powerful, time-saving automation and ease-of-use, providing organizations with an intuitive touch-screen application that increases office productivity and saves money.

ScanFlowStore makes digital archiving as easy as making a copy. Office workers can quickly and easily digitize and archive documents as searchable files. ScanFlowStore ensures that documents are stored directly from the Xerox MFP into the proper folders. The interactive client provides bidirectional communication between the Xerox MFP and the network, ensuring that even the most recent changes made to network resources are reflected at the MFP.

Scan to PC Desktop is a complete desktop document management solution that combines the power of Xerox scanning and Nuance desktop productivity applications to organize, convert and share scanned documents, Microsoft Office and PDF files – all in one place. The solution, leveraging Xerox Extensible Interface Platform technology, is designed for seamless integration with Xerox MFPs.

About Nuance Communications, Inc.

Nuance is a leading provider of speech, imaging and customer interaction 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. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.

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