[September 17, 2012] Nuance Communications Releases Dragon Assistant Beta Tweet Sep 17, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Nuance Communications announced the availability of Nuance's Dragon Assistant Beta, a voice assistant application for the Intel-inspired Ultrabook, the first offering resulting from the two companies' strategic collaboration announcement at CES 2012. In a release, the Company noted that Dadi Perlmutter, Intel chief product officer, demonstrated Dragon Assistant Beta at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The Dell XPS13 Ultrabook will be among the first PCs to ship with Dragon Assistant Beta in Q4 2012. Dragon Assistant uses Nuance's core Dragon voice technology and natural language understanding capabilities to provide people with an easy and way to engage and interact with their devices. Intel also announced the availability of the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK 2013 Beta, which includes the voice SDK components from Nuance, giving developers the ability to leverage the power of Dragon to create applications and experiences that drive voice interactions. "Dragon Assistant is a direct result of Nuance and Intel's vision for a more human, natural interaction between people and their technology. You speak and the Ultrabook responds. Working closely with Intel, we've created a voice assistant experience optimized for the Ultrabook - incredibly fast, reliable, and with the performance you expect from a combined Nuance-Intel innovation. Dragon Assistant drives productivity, creativity and simply a PC experience that fits today's busy lifestyle," said Peter Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer, Nuance Communications. Nuance Communications is a provider of voice and language solutions. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]