The Open Voice Services European Centre of Excellence will be the home to an innovative research and development team focused on advances in open voice services, Nuance’s emerging suite of services that target free-form, unstructured speech input. Nuance already offers state-of-the-art voice services, including:

Nuance’s Voicemail to Text

Nuance’s Voicemail to Text service delivers high-quality readable messages in minutes, giving today’s mobile consumer quick access to accurate transcriptions of their voicemail messages. The entire voicemail message is transcribed and delivered directly to their mobile device or PC via text message or email. Designed to address today’s dynamic communications demands, Nuance’s voicemail-to-text platform is a carrier-optimized service that delivers innovative messaging capabilities to customers. Nuance’s platform leverages a deep research and technology base, including comprehensive healthcare transcription solutions, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the world’s leading speech recognition engine.

Nuance Voice Control

Nuance Voice Control (NVC) provides handset manufacturers, mobile operators and service providers with the opportunity to offer speech-enabled services to their customers, including Open Voice Search and Mobile Messaging. With the conversational design of NVC, users can simply dictate their messages or find information on the Web across many search engines – all features designed to increase their productivity and satisfaction. Users are no longer limited by constrained vocabulary through Nuance’s developments in free-form, unstructured speech.

Voice Services for the Connected Car

Nuance’s innovative automotive speech solutions seamlessly access connected services — both on-board and off-board — via a single, consistent voice user interface. It combines the best of Nuance’s foundation technologies, embedded speech solutions, and mobile speech applications to give today’s drivers safe, intuitive access to the complete “connected car” experience.