Dragon Apps Make Debut in the Middle East, Providing Saudi Consumers with a Faster and Easier Way to Speak Arabic Text for Twitter and Facebook Updates, Emails, SMS Text Messages, Web Content and More
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 31, 2012:- Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search applications for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are now available for free in Saudi Arabia, supporting the Standard Arabic language. Already downloaded by tens of millions worldwide, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search allow people to quickly and easily dictate SMS text messages, emails, social media updates, mobile Web searches and more, up to five times faster than typing. Users can now use Arabic voice recognition software for the first time on their Apple devices.
"We are very excited to bring the power of voice via Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search to Saudi Arabia, marking our debut in the Middle East," said Anil Kumar, Regional Director, Nuance Middle East and Balkans. "With availability now in 29 countries, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search make it incredibly easy for mobile consumers to bring their ideas to life by just talking."
According to a recent Arab Advisors survey of cellular users in Saudi Arabia, 47 percent of respondents who use applications prefer to use them in the Arabic language. The survey also revealed that iPhones have a 40 percent share of all smartphones operating systems in Saudi Arabia. "Considering the sizeable installed base of Apple users in the kingdom, we believe Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search will prove to be the de facto choice of users who want the best voice input experience." said Kumar.
Dragon Dictation is iOS-5 compatible and features a pop-up toolbar with app icons that enable users to easily access email, SMS, Facebook or Twitter status bars, or the clipboard. Dragon Dictation also includes a convenient Auto Save function that retains dictated text when the user is interrupted by an incoming phone call.
Dragon Search is now also available on the Saudi Arabia App Store, allowing users to simply speak any search query in Arabic to quickly and easily find information and answers on the mobile Web. Dragon Search is the only app to feature Nuance's unique and innovative Dragon Search Carousel, which delivers faster, smarter search results within seconds across multiple channels all at once including Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, iTunes, Wikipedia and YouTube.
Both Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search are available for free from the Saudi Arabia Apple App Store.
Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search are also available in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia, Denmark, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. In addition to Standard Arabic, the Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search support US, UK and Australian English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwan Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Bahasa Indonesia, Hungarian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, European and Canadian French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, European and Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, European and Americas Spanish, and Swedish. And with multilingual capabilities, all Dragon app users are able to easily switch between supported languages as they come available.
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Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance's proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
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