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Nuance Fast Facts

Nuance Fast Facts

At Nuance, everything we do is focused on developing the most human, natural, intuitive ways to use your voice to take command of information. Our people and our technology have pioneered the highest functioning speech software in the world, ceaselessly perfecting the ability for machines to recognise and emulate the human voice. We design and deliver technologies that intuitively link man, machine and the global storehouse of knowledge to help companies and consumers work seamlessly and intelligently with the world.

Our rich heritage, strong financial background, innovative technology and pervasive solutions are the pillars that form the foundation of Nuance Communications today.

Company Strength

  • More than 6,000 people work at Nuance
  • Nuance has more than 35 regional offices
  • Worldwide headquarters in Burlington, MA, USA
  • EMEA headquarters in Merelbeke, Belgium
  • APAC headquarters in Sydney, Australia
  • Nuance has sales representation in more than 70 countries
  • 2010 sales are expected to approach $1.2 billion
  • Nuance has achieved 40 percent compound sales growth over six years

Innovative Solutions

  • Nuance speech solutions support up to 50 different languages
  • Nuance holds more than 1,000 patents and patent families
  • A team of 1,200 services personnel oversees the implementation of Nuance solutions
  • A team of 160 speech scientists and researchers drive innovation
  • Nuance maintains one of the world’s largest libraries of speech data
  • More than 2,000 partners help bring our solutions to market
  • Nuance has won awards for its solutions in every major product family

Proven Use

  • Nearly two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies rely on Nuance solutions
  • The 8 largest handset and 10 largest car makers use Nuance solutions
  • Nuance solutions have shipped in more than 4 billion mobile phones and 30 million cars
  • There are more than 22 million registered users of Nuance desktop solutions
  • Millions of mobile consumers have downloaded our Dragon Mobile Apps
  • More than 3,000 hospitals in the USA use Nuance healthcare solutions
  • More than 150,000 doctors and carers use Dragon Medical