Dragon Mobile SDK Voice-Enables Array of iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 Apps Across Europe, Including Castorama, Prolog and Mail.ru
BURLINGTON, Mass. and BARCELONA (Mobile World Congress) -- February 28, 2012 -- Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that its NDEV Mobile developer program has signed over 8,000 developers worldwide since its launch in January 2011. NDEV Mobile lets developers quickly and easily integrate Nuance’s proven cloud-based voice technology via the Dragon Mobile SDK into virtually any application for Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7, with tiered programs that meet the unique demands of all developers big and small.
Voice has proven to be an incredibly intuitive and easy way to dictate text and search the mobile web for content and information. With the Dragon Mobile SDK, developers across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia can quickly transform virtually any app into one that is voice-enabled with the power of Dragon. Recent European additions to the NDEV Mobile community include:
Castorama: The French Castorama App takes advantage of Dragon’s renowned voice recognition capabilities to let users search Castorama’s online catalogue anytime and anywhere, just by speaking the product or product name of their choice. With Castorama’s new unique voice input feature, consumers are able to get even more out of their mobile shopping experience.
Mail.ru: The Mail.ru app for iPhone and iPad is the first voice-enabled Russian search app for iOS. More than 75 million subscribers of this popular Russian free email provider can enter search criteria by voice, and easily access email content on the go.
Dictus: The Dictus app from the Danish Prolog lets smartphone and tablet users dictate their SMS text and emails in Danish, bringing the experience of the recently launched Dragon Dictation app to Android users in Denmark and many other regions. Prolog has also integrated Nuance’s text-to-speech technology, allowing people to listen to their message before sending or posting the message.
“With over 8,000 developers participating, NDEV Mobile clearly demonstrates how voice is differentiating and creating an entirely new mobile app experience,” said Matt Revis, vice president, handset business, Nuance Mobile. “Consumers demand apps that are more personal, convenient and fun to use. And because NDEV Mobile supports over 20 languages for speech-to-text and more than 30 for text-to-speech, developers all over the world are able to bring their voice-enabled apps to market quickly and easily across iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7.”
The Dragon Mobile SDK powers the voice recognition and text-to-speech capabilities of some of the most popular apps on the market, including Price Check by Amazon, Ask for iPhone, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, Shopping List from Recipes.com, Kraft iFood Assistant, SpeechTrans, AirYell and Yellow Pages by Avantar, OnStar RemoteLink, Vocre, Bon’App, and more.
The Dragon Mobile SDK is available for iOS 4.0 and 5.0 (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), Android 2.1 and higher, Windows Phone 7.1, and via an HTTP web services interface.
Dragon has long been a leading speech recognition application on the desktop, used by millions of people around the world. Nuance has launched an array of Dragon applications across a variety of mobile platforms including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, and more.
To learn more about developing with Nuance’s voice technology, visit our NDEV Mobile developer program page. To learn more about the Dragon Mobile Apps family, visit www.NuanceMobileLife.com.
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