Nuance Gives SayHi Translate App a Voice
Dragon Mobile SDK Powers SayHi’s Innovative Translation App in Seven Languages via Nuance Mobile Developer Program
Sep 15, 2011 Burlington, Mass. – September 15, 2011 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its trusted voice technology is powering the SayHi Translate app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. SayHi Translate takes advantage of the Dragon Mobile SDK through the Nuance Mobile Developer Program, providing developers with access to powerful speech recognition including the successful Dragon Apps, as well as Nuance’s renowned text-to-speech technology.
SayHi Translate leverages Nuance’s innovative voice recognition and text-to-speech to shatter the language barrier for businesses and put a translator in the pocket of business professionals – with real-time translations. SayHi Translate was designed specifically for professionals with a secure platform catering to the interpretation needs of financial planners, entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, educators, bankers, retailers, government agencies and many more. SayHi Translate supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.
“We have created an accurate and secure mobile interpretation app that provides businesses with the most convenient way to communicate with the over 60 million potential non English speaking US customers. To truly be an indispensable translator in your pocket, SayHi Translate needs to integrate powerful voice technology that works – it’s just that simple. With the Dragon Mobile SDK, we were able to quickly and easily integrate Nuance’s incredible voice capabilities, getting this latest version of our innovative app into the market in just a few weeks,” said Lee Bossio, CEO of SayHi Translate.
With the Dragon Mobile SDK, developers can rapidly bring any voice-enabled app to market, even if they have never implemented speech technology before. The Nuance Mobile Developer Program has helped integrate the voice recognition and text-to-speech capabilities of some of the most popular apps on the market, including Siri, Price Check by Amazon, Ask for iPhone, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, OnStar RemoteLink, Aisle411, AirYell, Yellow Pages by Avantar, Taskmind, EZ CM by EZ Connector, Bon App and others.
“Voice technology has the ability to transform the mobile app experience, giving apps like SayHi Translate an entirely new and intuitive way to be engaged,” said Matt Revis, vice president, product marketing and management, Nuance Mobile. “It’s very exciting to see so many high-quality apps come out of the Nuance Mobile Developer Program across a broad range of domains, from translation to e-commerce to navigation, and much more.”
Availability
SayHi Translate is currently available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch on the US iTunes store with a SayHi Translate account. For more information on the plans and pricing that best fits users’ needs, visit http://www.sayhitranslate.com/pricing/.
Nuance’s mobile voice technology featured as part of the Dragon Mobile SDK and renowned Dragon Mobile Apps family brings the power of Dragon NaturallySpeaking to a variety of applications and services – supporting a broad range of languages. Nuance’s portfolio of speech and predictive text solutions are trusted by the world’s leading manufacturers and mobile operators, and are found in billions of phones and millions of automobiles and consumer electronic devices – making them among the most pervasive mobile solutions on the market today.
To learn more about developing with Nuance’s voice technology, visit the Nuance Mobile Developer Program portal. To learn more about the Dragon Mobile Apps family, visit www.NuanceMobileLife.com.
About SayHi Translate
SayHi, LLC is a privately-held US-based company committed to providing businesses with state of the art secure and reliable mobile technologies for better communication. Our first product, SayHi Translate, is built for the millions of businesses that benefit from digital interpreting to help their business speak multiple languages. We love what we do. For more information, please visit: sayhitranslate.com.
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance 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 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: nuance.com.
Nuance, Dragon, and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States of America and/or other countries. All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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