Speech Applications & Solutions

GHENT, Belgium --(Business Wire)-- March 28, 2006 -- Nuance (News - Alert) Communications, Inc., provider of speech and imaging solutions, today announced the first Conversations Europe event, an extension of Nuance's annual speech conference. Conversations Europe 2006 takes place in Mallorca, Spain from 26-28 April 2006.

Dr. Eckhard M. Geulen, senior executive vice president, marketing & sales, value-added services at T-Com, a division of Deutsche Telekom, will be the featured keynote speaker. The interactive forum will also feature presentations, roundtable discussions and case studies from industry leaders such as Xerox, BT, Vodafone and Varetis.

"This conference is a clear indication of our commitment to our significant and growing European customer base," said Peter Hauser, general manager and senior vice president, Nuance Communications International. "Bringing our successful global Conversations conference to a European stage gives our international customers and partners, as well as other industry leaders, an opportunity to network and discuss breakthrough speech technologies, services and languages that are most relevant to their business."

Conversations Europe 2006 is the company's first regional conference, following eight successful years running a single, global event. The event not only reflects Nuance's commitment to the region, but also symbolizes the company's ongoing support for addressing customers' local requirements. Conversations Europe will bring together Europe's leading companies and speech experts, enabling peers to share ideas and best practices for launching effective speech services. Participants gain an understanding of new applications and partner roles and receive a behind-the-scenes look at Nuance's speech initiatives. Attendees include individuals with a business or technical background representing companies that are new to speech or are expanding their speech strategy. The global Conversations 2006 conference will take place October 22-25 in Orlando, Florida.

Sponsors for Conversations Europe include Eicon Networks, Genesys (News - Alert), Audium, VoiceGenie, Ydilo, Nortel (News - Alert), Envox, Aspect, Emerging Technologies, Shout Telecoms, TuVox, Vicorp and VoiceObjects.

For further information and agenda details please visit: http://www.nuance.com/news/events/conversationseurope.