Speech Applications & Solutions

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The market for mobile entertainment services is on the rise and mobile music content is leading the group.

 

And as handheld devices become sophisticated to include more music capabilities, industry analysts are forecasting they will become a top choice for consumers, even over MP3 players.

 

Along with this increasing uptake in mobile music content and the number of song choices and libraries added daily, comes a need to ease search capabilities.

 

To eliminate the need to text, or sift through long menus looking for a song of choice, speech applications and solutions provider, Nuance (News - Alert) Communications announced today a new offering that provides instant access to content using one's voice—the Mobile Music Service Package for Nuance Mobile Speech Platform.

 

The new offering is currently being demonstrated at CTIA Wireless (News - Alert) 2007 Booth #4179.

 

With the offering, mobile search providers are able to add voice-enabled search to their music search and download applications. This will help drive consumer spending on mobile music content due to the ease and simplicity with which mobile music content and be found.

 

According to a news release, Gartner (News - Alert) anticipates global spending on mobile music to reach $32.3 billion by 2012-- more than doubling the revenues of $13.7 billion which are expected for 2007.

 

Nuance Communications also announced today the closing of its acquisition of Focus Infomatics.

 

The acquisition will expand its ability to provide web-based speech recognition editing services as well as enhance manual transcriptions for healthcare—further strengthening the companies positioning in the market.

 

Paul Ricci, chairman and CEO at Nuance, said in a statement, "In particular, Focus' outstanding reputation for speech editing services and highly skilled workforce will support the rapid growth of iChart, our hosted speech-enabled transcription service. By combining Nuance's premier speech technology and Focus' proven services, we expect to accelerate our objective to eliminate manual transcription."