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Nuan was upgrated last night to outperform.Had a yearly high of 13.48 is at 8.31 and IMHO will be that high if not higher in the next couple of months.Do your own DD this stock is the leader in there field.
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This is from Marketwatch.com
12:48 PM ET 6/21/06 [NUAN] NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS' SHARES RALLY 7% TO $8.88 12:48 PM ET 6/21/06 [NUAN] NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS' VOLUME 944,470 VS DAILY AVG. 2.63M 12:48 PM ET 6/21/06 [NUAN] NUANCE INITIATED W/ OUTPERFORM RATING AT FRIEDMAN BILLINGS 12:48 PM ET 6/21/06 [NUAN] FRIEDMAN BILLINGS SETS $12 PRICE TARGET FOR NUANCE SHARES 12:48 PM ET 6/21/06 [NUAN] FRIEDMAN: NUANCE ON 'CUSP' OF MAJOR REVENUE OPPORTUNITY
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Nuance Communications (NUAN : nuance NUAN8.83, +0.52, +6.3%) rose after Friedman Billings initiated coverage of the Burlington, Mass.-based speech recognition software company with an outperform rating and a 12-month target price of $12. Friedman Billings said it expects Nuance's network speech segment to post between 25% and 30% growth over the next few years. It also said the company's dictation segment "is on the cusp of a major revenue opportunity and should be able to increase revenues approximately 25% on this segment over the coming years."
TOKYO, Jul 12, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has implemented voice recognition technology from Nuance to speech-enable the "TALKMAN(TM) EURO" game, which was released in late-May in Japan and mid-June in Europe. "TALKMAN(TM)," a portable language entertainment tool and interactive phrasebook, allows users to communicate more than 3,000 phrases in six languages.
Using Nuance's voice recognition middleware, VoCon(TM) Games Speech SDK for PSP(TM), "TALKMAN(TM) EURO" can recognize Japanese, British English, French, German, Italian and Spanish phrases using a dedicated microphone designed for "PSP(TM)." The voice-activated system provides translations for situations that a user may encounter while traveling to a foreign destination, such as at a hotel, train station, restaurant, ski resort, police station or night club. Users speak phrases in their native languages, and the system then translates the phrase and repeats it in the selected language. "TALKMAN(TM)" also includes two games that challenge language fluency.
The first "TALKMAN(TM)," released in Japan and other Asian countries in November 2005, also employs Nuance's VoCon(TM) Games Speech SDK for PSP(TM) to support four languages including Japanese, American English, Chinese, and Korean.
VoCon(TM) Games Speech SDK for PSP(TM), one of Nuance's solutions in the VoCon product line of embedded speech recognition engines, has provided outstanding speech recognition technology for the creation of several games since 1999. With the high recognition rate, versatile functions for precise control, and the ability to support multiple languages and platforms, the VoCon product line has been widely deployed in car navigation systems, mobile devices and console games.
"We created a new level of realism in the game play by adopting speech recognition as the natural interface between the player and the gaming characters, bringing an unprecedented game experience to the international gamers community," commented Yo****eru Yamamoto, creator of the "TALKMAN(TM)" series and producer of SCE Worldwide Studios Japan Studio. "Nuance's Speech SDK has proven to be a very flexible software development tool to incorporate speech recognition engine in 'TALKMAN(TM) EURO.'"
"Speech technologies continue to revolutionize traditional applications such as gaming," said Alan Schwartz, vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, Nuance. "This application is a stellar example of our impact, and we look forward to working with SCE in the future as it develops other new titles that incorporate this exciting new interface."
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for business 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. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
Trademark reference: Nuance, the Nuance logo and VoCon are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. "PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "PSP" and "TALKMAN" are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.