Nuance Signs Agreement With Nokia Spanning Open Development Framework

Nuance Communications, a provider of speech and predictive text solutions, and Nokia, have entered into a multi-year agreement to deliver innovative mobile speech and predictive text capabilities across a broad range of Nokia mobile devices worldwide. The agreement also establishes a strategic collaboration to advance an open integration framework for advanced input technologies that will foster innovation in the broader mobile developer ecosystem.

Nokia will leverage Nuance’s mobile input solutions to provide users with a new class of intuitive mobile user interface enabling improved access to the many mobile applications and services that drive productivity, convenience, safety, and consumer experience. Further, Nuance and Nokia will collaborate on open protocols to which development partners can leverage and extend advanced multi-modal features, applications and consumer experiences on Nokia devices.

Lee Williams, SVP, Nokia, said, “By working closely with Nuance on leveraging their broad portfolio of mobile input solutions and to open up a framework for industry collaboration, we’re not only able to take advantage of their predictive text and speech software solutions, but also help in the creation of a vibrant ecosystem – one wherein the mobile applications and services of tomorrow can develop and flourish at a faster rate than otherwise possible.”

“The agreement with Nokia supports our broader vision of an Open Interface Framework that brings the mobile industry together in developing next-generation mobile solutions,” said Steve Chambers, president of the Mobile and Consumer Services division at Nuance.