Merelbeke, BELGIUM, December 14 2006 - Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) the leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, is revolutionizing the world of internet blogging with its best-selling speech recognition software Dragon™ NaturallySpeaking® 9. Dragon™ NaturallySpeaking® 9 is the latest version of the world’s best-selling speech recognition solution for Microsoft Windows. It allows people to perform almost any computing task by speaking alone.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is set to take the blogosphere by storm, with the promise of 99% recognition accuracy from the outset and speeds up to three times faster than typing. The new release is the first desktop recognition package that eliminates the need to train the software at length to a user’s voice, and is both quick and easy to use, even for beginners.

Moving into the Blogosphere

Bloggers in UK, Germany, France, Benelux, Italy and Spain are being invited to give their fingers a rest and create their web logs with the tool that could transform the way people interact with computers. This new version promises to make blogging significantly easier and faster, letting people’s ‘voices’ be heard even better. The participating blogs can be consulted at www.nuance.co.uk/voice2bloggers, which is also where interested bloggers can sign up.

Online Beat The Dragon Typing Test

Nuance is also offering everybody the chance to put Dragon™ NaturallySpeaking® 9 to the test with an online typing test against the software. Users can visit www.nuance.co.uk/talk to see the speech-recognition tool in action, test their speed and accuracy skills against their friends and enter a competition for the chance to win a red iPod Nano. The competition will start on December 19th and run until February 5th 2007.

With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, users simply speak to their PC in their normal voice to open and close applications, surf the web and dictate documents, emails – as well as blog entries. The product coverts speech into text for nearly all Microsoft® Windows® applications including Web browsers, Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect. The combination of broad application support and high speech recognition accuracy levels results in significant time savings, higher levels of personal productivity and the avoidance of repetitive strain injuries.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard is currently available online at www.nuance.co.uk/Talk at an offer price of £59, including free shipping.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard is normally £79.99 inc. VAT; Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Preferred is £149.99 inc. VAT; Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Professional is £549 ex VAT. More information on these products can also be found on www.nuance.co.uk/NaturallySpeaking.

About Nuance Communications, Inc.

Nuance is the leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions for businesses 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 and professional services. For more information, please visit www.nuance.co.uk.

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