Nuance Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search Apps Now Available in Portugal

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are continuing their European expansion into Portugal, supporting the European Portuguese language. Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search have experienced rapid adoption and expansion around the world with downloads continuing to rise in the tens of millions, as they empower people to quickly and easily speak text for SMS messages, emails, social media updates, mobile Web searches and more.

Portugal takes Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search into the 22nd country where each has been made available by Nuance in the last year, with both apps now available in nineteen languages across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. And all users around the world can easily switch back and forth between all available languages with the Apps’ multilingual capabilities.

Dragon Dictation is iOS-4 compatible and features a pop-up toolbar with app icons for easy access to email, SMS, Facebook or Twitter status bars, or the clipboard. Dragon Dictation also includes a convenient Auto Save function that retains dictated text when the user is interrupted by an incoming phone call.

Dragon Search for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, also now available on the App Store, allows users to simply speak any search query to quickly and easily find information and answers on the mobile Web. Dragon Search is the only app to feature Nuance’s unique and innovative Dragon Search Carousel, which delivers faster, smarter search results within seconds across multiple channels all at once. Dragon Search includes results from Google or Yahoo!, Twitter, iTunes, Wikipedia and YouTube.

"22 countries and 19 languages later, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search continue their rapid global expansion with this latest launch in Portugal,” said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. "What is even more exciting is the Apps’ continued success in each and every region they are introduced, consistently hitting the #1 and #2 spots in free business apps in nearly every App Store.”

Both Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search are available for free from the Portuguese Apple App Store.

Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search support U.S, UK and Australian English, German, European and Canadian French, Italian, Americas and European Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwan Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian and European Portuguese. The applications have consistently ranked in the #1 and #2 spots of free business apps worldwide, and are available in the US, Canadian, Mexican, UK, German, French, Italian, Australian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Korean, Swiss, Austrian, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian and Portuguese App Stores.

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About Nuance Communications, Inc.

Nuance is a leading provider of voice and language 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: nuance.com.

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