Nuance Asks Dragon NaturallySpeaking Users: ''What are YOU Talking About?''; Contest Offers Dragon Upgrades, GPS Systems

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, today introduced a contest for Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® users to share their unique experience using the world’s most popular speech recognition solution. People are invited to submit their stories via the Nuance Web site between February 6 and March 16, 2007. Three winning user stories will be selected by a panel of judges, and the winning entrants will each receive a Garmin Nuvi 350 Pocket or Vehicle GPS Navigator as well as Dragon NaturallySpeaking upgrades for three years.

The new contest – dubbed “What are YOU Talking About?” – is open to US users of Dragon NaturallySpeaking who are interested in sharing their stories. Entries can be submitted in one of three categories, and a panel of judges will select the best story in each category. Winners will be announced in April 2007.

Entries can be submitted in one of three categories:

-- Most Creative Use
    -- Are you using Dragon NaturallySpeaking in a unique or
       innovative way? Are you a novelist, poet, or blogger that has
       reignited your creative spark using Dragon? Are you a computer
       programmer that uses Dragon to dictate lines of code? Are you
       a student that uses Dragon to create reports and other school
       projects?

-- Greatest Productivity Gain
    -- Have you saved a significant amount of time as a result of
       using Dragon NaturallySpeaking? Has your office adopted Dragon
       to save precious time creating meeting notes, presentations or
       reports? Are you a busy lawyer that uses Dragon to make
       transcribing your notes a snap?

-- Greatest Personal Impact
    -- Has Dragon NaturallySpeaking changed your life? Has Dragon made
       it possible for you to use your computer completely hands-free?
       Have you used Dragon to heal your repetitive stress injury at
       work? Have you overcome physical challenges with Dragon's help?

Since its introduction nearly ten years ago, Dragon NaturallySpeaking has become a regular fixture in businesses and homes around the world, and has a profound impact on those who use it. Millions of people every day rely on Dragon NaturallySpeaking to write novels, poems, and blogs; create an A+ book report; see more patients or clients; create presentations quickly in the office; use the PC hands-free; or chat with friends online. As we draw closer to Dragon’s tenth anniversary, it’s time for the Dragon community to share their unique success stories.

For more information, including official rules and prize details, and to submit your entry, please visit Nuance.com/DragonStories.

About Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking today is used by millions of people to transform the way that they use their PCs. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9, the latest release of the world’s most popular speech recognition solution, delivers what matters most in speech recognition – failsafe accuracy and extremely high levels of performance without the need for time-consuming voice training. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 converts speech into text at up to 160 words-per-minute, at accuracy levels of up to 99 percent, and allows users to control Microsoft Windows and to create new documents and e-mails, navigate programs, and surf the Web, all by voice.

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