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Nuance Mobile Developer ProgramCase Studies

NMDP Case Study – Amazon Price Check

• Price Comparison app for the iPhone• Allows shoppers to locate the price of an item on

Amazon.com while they are inside a local store

• Four input modalities• “Scan It”

• “Snap It”

• “Say It”

• “Type It”

• Launched in NOV 2010

• iTunes Reviews• “Really like this app. I’m addicted to ‘talking’ into it and

having it find the item. Nice job!”

• “This app is great and the speech recognition is super fast and accurate.”

• “Very accurate.”

NMDP Case Study – Ask.com

• Not Your Average Search Engine• Users can ask a question about any topic

• Combines best answers from the web with personal answers from real people

• Integrates Dragon Search to allow users to speak, not just type their question

• Launched in NOV 2010

• iTunes Reviews• “I love using speech recognition to get answers…”

• “I’m using this app more and more to get information, rather than having to research in a search app.”

• “I wish my marriage was this results-oriented. The voice recognition is sweet…”

NMDP Case Study – Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• Reference App• “…the app offers voice search – to let you look up a

word without having to spell it – along with synonyms, antonyms, example sentences, Word of the Day, and more.”

• Launched in DEC 2010

• Awards:• #1 Free app in Reference

• #6 in Free apps overall

• iTunes Reviews• “Voice search makes the difference. My students can

use this app to quickly clarify text and increase comprehension without missing a beat. Thank you!”

• “The voice recognition works great, and the app looks polished.”

• “This is the best version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. It’s quick and easy to use. But what makes it impressive is the accuracy of voice search.”

NMDP Case Study – Siri*

• Mobile personal assistant app for the iPhone• “Like a real assistant, Siri understands what you say,

accomplishes tasks for you and adapts to yourpreferences over time. Today, Siri can help you findand plan things to do.”

• Launched in FEB 2010

• iTunes Reviews• “Does what is says and no problems. Voice recognition is

great and this thing knows it’s stuff! Really useful app!!!”

• “This is the first and only voice app I’ve found that has near-perfect execution. It is astounding to see the range of things it can understand and do for me.”

• “Great time saver for multi-taskers.”

*Siri was acquired by Apple in April 2010

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NMDP in the News

“Integrating voice recognition into mobile services is a trend

that’s likely to accelerate next year and the good news is that

it’s never been easier. Nuance has released an SDK for iOS

and Android mobile app developers who wish to enhance their

applications with voice recognition input and text-to-speech

output. Already in use by applications like Amazon’s Price

Check, Ask.com’s Ask for iPhone, Merriam-Webster’s

Dictionary and Siri, this is shaping up to be a great cross-

platform voice framework for mobile app developers.”

- Daniel Raffel, TechCrunch, January 2011