Nuance has joined the ng Connect Program for the development of broadband services based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) as well as other high bandwidth technologies. The company will focus on automotive services and will be looking to extend its focus to solution for other industries such as education, healthcare, financial, and government.

Nuance’s integrated suite of technologies include vehicle command and control, voice-activated dialing, voice destination entry for navigation systems, as well as entertainment systems. “Today’s mobile consumer craves connectivity no matter where they are, evidenced by the increased demand for connected capabilities in the automotive environment. However, safer usage of these connected features behind the wheel is critical to minimize visual and manual distractions,” said Arnd Weil, general manager, Nuance Automotive.  “By joining the ng Connect Program, we’re able to collaborate with a number of technology, device and application providers to bring our speech capabilities to market in unique ways that make accessing connected car services and features safer and easier.”

Nuance, as part of the ng Connect Program, will be contributing to an in-vehicle solution concept leveraging its innovations in speech recognition and text-to-speech technology, e.g. Nuance Voice Control for Automotive. "The ng Connect Program ecosystem is growing rapidly due to the amazing industry interest in the creation of services for next-generation networks. Program members are collaborating on state-of-the art user experiences that support society’s interest in being connected anywhere, any time and through a multitude of ‘smart’ devices - which now includes vehicles. We're pleased to welcome Nuance to the program and are looking forward to their contributions to the next-generation of connected services,” said Derek Kuhn, Vice President of Emerging Technology & Media at Alcatel-Lucent, a founding member of the ng Connect Program.

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