Fact · Dictation software
Nuance Communications announced on February 16, 2010 that it had acquired MacSpeech, a provider of speech recognition software for Macintosh computers.
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In the source's own words
“February 16, 2010 Speech Technology News Nuance Acquires MacSpeech Nuance Communications today announced that it has acquired MacSpeech, the leading provider of speech recognition solutions for Apple Macintosh computers.”
Nuance Acquires MacSpeech, Speech Technology Magazine, 2010, Article header and first paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- MacSpeech had licensed Nuance's Dragon dictation technology in 2008 for its MacSpeech Dictate product. The article quotes Nuance saying the deal would add research, marketing and distribution to MacSpeech's growth.
- What it does not show
- The article gives no purchase price. Its quotes say nothing would change in the near term, and the MacSpeech brand's future is not settled in the text.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Nuance buys MacSpeech: 2,010 year.
- Event
- Acquisition
- Product
- MacSpeech Dictate
- Maker
- Nuance
- Date
- 2010-02-16
- Kind
- Dictation app