'Tis the Season for Nuance Mobile’s T9
Available in 75 Languages, T9 Text Input is Becoming a Popular Way to Spread Holiday Cheer around the World via SMS and Charitable Giving
LONDON, UK., December 17, 2008 – The holidays are finally here and what better way to spread the holiday cheer than with a text message to your friends and family. People around the world are sending the season’s greetings via email, IM and SMS mobile messaging, and with Nuance Communication Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NUAN) T9® Text Input it’s easy, with support for upwards of 75 languages worldwide on a broad range of handsets.
Nuance’s T9 predictive text makes saying “Happy Holidays” easier than ever for a variety of languages, including:
- Simplified Chinese: “jié rì kuài lè”
- Hindi: “Chuttiyo Ki Shubh kaamnayein”
- Arabic: “Kullu Sana wa Antum bi-Khayr”
- Indonesian: “Selamat Hari Raya”
- Portuguese: “Festas Felizes”
- Russian: “S Praznikom”
- Spanish: “Felices Fiestas”
- French: “Joyeuses Fêtes”
And with word completion and next word prediction, sending your friends and family warm holiday wishes becomes easier each time you hit send. If your phone doesn’t support the languages above, just add the words to your predictive text dictionary to say “Happy Holidays” in a variety of languages.
T9 is the industry-leading predictive text solution enabling text-based mobile communications services, making mobile phone keypads easier to navigate by allowing for one simple key press per letter – placing the power of a full QWERTY keyboard in the standard nine keys on mobile phones.
Charitable Giving Made Easy through Text
It’s also possible to support many charities with text messaging this holiday season. Organisations are increasingly tapping into SMS as a means to providing mobile users with an easy way to contribute to their favourite charities. A few ideas include:
RSPCA
To make a donation, text "GIFT" to 60022.
This service is available in England, Scotland and Wales only and costs £3.00 (inc VAT and the network operators' fees, which are on average 30-40 per cent). This will be charged to your normal phone bill or automatically deducted from your pre-pay card.
http://www.rspca.org.uk
Women’s Aid
To donate £3 to Women’s Aid simply text the word "TTWA" to 84858.
Messages charged at standard rate.
http://www.womensaid.org.uk
Sight Savers
To make a one-off donation, simply text the words "SIGHT ONCE" to the number 87070.
For each text, your network provider will charge £1.50 to your next bill. From this charge, Sight Savers will be given £1 to help support its work in the developing world.
http://www.sightsavers.org
Breast Cancer Care
Text "PINK" to 83338 to download your very own pink ribbon and make a valuable £1.50 donation to Breast Cancer Care, plus the usual cost of a text message.
http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk
To learn more about the entire T9 product family in Europe, visit the new European pages on http://www.t9.com/eu
About Nuance Mobile
Nuance Mobile builds innovative, intelligent and intuitive touch and speech interfaces to simplify and enhance the way people interact with mobile devices, applications, and services. Nuance Mobile solutions make mobile devices and in-car systems easier to use, automate customer self-service, and optimize the access and discovery of even the most advanced mobile applications and content – regardless of technical know-how, location, environment, or physical and literacy capabilities.
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging 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 information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications and professional services. For more information, please visit: www.nuance.com.
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