Supporting Cantonese and Taiwan Mandarin, the Dragon Apps Continue Asian Expansion to Let Consumers Speak Text for Email, Text Messages, Status Updates, Search the Mobile Web and More
BURLINGTON, Mass.—June 2, 2011 --Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are now available in the Taiwan and Hong Kong Apple App Stores with support for Cantonese and Taiwan Mandarin. Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search hit the Chinese Apple App Store in March with support for Chinese Mandarin, and continue to rapidly expand their Asian language support and country availability, allowing more consumers worldwide to create emails, text messages and status updates, and search the mobile web – all simply by using their voice.
Dragon Dictation for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad gives people the ability to easily dictate content for emails, text messages and social media updates at speeds five times faster than typing. The latest version is iOS-4 compatible and features a pop-up toolbar with app icons for quickly accessing and speaking content directly into email and text message apps, social media apps, or the clipboard.
Dragon Search for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch lets users speak any search query to quickly and easily find and access information and answers on the mobile Web. Nuance’s unique, innovative Dragon Search Carousel delivers fast, smarter search results within seconds across multiple channels all at once, including Google or Yahoo!, iTunes, Twitter, Wikipedia and YouTube.
Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search now support 14 languages and are available 16 stores worldwide. And as a result of the Dragon Apps’ multilingual capabilities, Cantonese and Taiwan Mandarin are available to all users worldwide along with Chinese Mandarin, US, UK and Australian English, European and Canadian French, European and Americas Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean.
"The response to the Dragon Apps across Asia has been amazing, with Dragon Dictation hitting the number one spot among free business apps in both China and Korea - as well as nearly every other country we've launched in," said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. "The addition of Cantonese and Taiwan Mandarin demonstrates our commitment to delivering powerful mobile voice capabilities across Asia, as well as many other regions of the world."
Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search are available for free from the Hong Kong and Taiwan Apple App Stores. To download in Hong Kong, visit the following Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search pages. To download in Taiwan, visit the following Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search pages.
The applications are also available in the US, Canadian, Mexican, UK, German, French, Italian, Australian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Swiss, and Austrian App Stores.
To learn more, visit http://www.dragonmobilechina.com/ or http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/apple/dictation.html. Also be sure to follow us on Twitter @NuanceMobile, and become a Fan of Dragon Mobile Apps on Facebook.
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.
Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications, Inc. 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. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
