CERTIFICATION EXAM

Nuance Technical Associate: Enterprise Foundation Technologies Exam

Your customers depend on you to implement their solution quickly and successfully. Nuance University|Enterprise Division is pleased to announce its new Technical Certification program.

A person who successfully completes this examination demonstrates the technical knowledge and skills necessary to implement and support the following Nuance products:

• Nuance Recognizer version 9.0
• Nuance RealSpeak TTS engine version 4.5
• Nuance Speech Server version 5.0
• Nuance License Manager

Candidates who successfully complete this examination will be designated Nuance Technical Associate: Enterprise Foundation Technologies. Our program consists of a sequence of Nuance University courses designed to prepare you for a certification exam and real-life product installation, configuration, and first line support. The classes are recommended, not mandatory. Other examination preparatory resources are listed below. Beginning April 2009, the exam will be available at testing centers worldwide. A PDF listing exam centers is available on our "Certification" page, at left, or contact training@nuance.com to request a copy of the PDF directly.

Once you've registered at this site for the exam 'on demand', and made appropriate payment arrangements, we will send you confirmation and instructions on how to visit a testing center near you to take the exam at your convenience.

• Nuance Technical Certification is an acknowledged standard in the industry.
• Certification provides a competitive differentiator.
• Customers will have more confidence in your abilities.
• Certification is a valuable resource to cite in RFP/RFQ/RFI and help you
  • Increase revenue and customer satisfaction
  • Reduce time to market and costs of implementation
  • Grow and maintain key employees
• Associates receive invitations to quarterly webinars on product updates.
• Associates receive a certificate and logo to use on business cards and email signature.

1. Participants who have successfully completed
   • Installation and Initial Configuration: Enterprise Foundation Technologies (previously NR9: Installation and Initial Configuration and
   • Technical Support: Enterprise Foundation Technologies (previously NR9: Technical Support Workshop - Part 1
2. Technicians already experienced with installation, configuration, and support of Nuance Recognizer version 9.x, Nuance Speech Server version 5.x, and RealSpeak text to speech engine version 4.5

• Telephony and telephony platform
• Networking
• XML
• MRCP
• Web Server (e.g., Apache)
• Command prompt usage and syntax

• Installation and Initial Configuration: Enterprise Foundation Technologies
  (previously NR9: Installation and Initial Configuration)
  Course and associated course materials
• Technical Support for Enterprise Foundation Technologies
  (previously NR9: Technical Support Workshop Part 1)
  Course and related course materials

  **See our 'Packages' link for discounted pricing when you register for both classes and the exam.

• Documentation:
  • Nuance Recognizer 9.0 Installation Guide
  • Nuance Recognizer Platform Integration Guide (emphasis on Chapters 1, 2, and 5)
  • Nuance Recognizer 9.0 Reference Guide (emphasis on Chapters 6 and 7)
  • Nuance License Manager 11.4 Licensing Guide
  • RealSpeak Telecom Software Development Kit 4.5 (emphasis on Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, and 11)
  • Nuance Speech Server 5.0 Installation and User's Guide (emphasis on Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, Appendix D and Appendix E)
  • Watcher User's Guide
  • All release notes for Nuance Recognizer 9.0; RealSpeak 4.5; Nuance Speech Server 5.0; Nuance License Manager 11.4.0b; Nuance Core Services 4.0 (Watcher and Resource Manager)
  • MRCP v1 specification (Sections on set-up and tear-down of sessions; sections on ASR and TTS resource requests; sections on parameter settings)
  • MRCP v2 specification(Sections on set-up and tear-down of sessions; sections on ASR and TTS resource requests; sections on parameter settings)

  In some localities in the United States and Canada, taxes are levied against training.
If that is the case in your area , the total cost of your order with Speech University
will be adjusted to accommodate these charges .

  If you are paying by check or purchase order , please calculate the amount due ,
based on local tax rates , and include it with your payment. Otherwise,Speech University will send an invoice for the taxes due.

  If your organization claims tax exempt status , you must submit the State or Provincial Certificate of Exemption with your order to avoid being invoiced for taxes.
Please fax the certificate directly to Speech University at 781.565.5001.

Questions? Please contact training@nuance.com