Dragon Dictation has been our favorite speech recognition app for it slow, and today\’s 2.0 update only strengthens that opinion. Not only does it bring the requisite iOS4 compatibility, but you are able to now speak your tweets and Facebook status updates.
You may also send your dictated words directly for your text messaging client, when you\’re uninterested in fumbling around with that on-screen keyboard. Plus, speaking your tweets aloud in a public space might win you a number more followers. Or possibly get a slushie thrown to your face. Either way, you\’re making connections. [iTunes]
NUANCE DRAGON DICTATION 2.0 NOW LIVE IN ITUNES APP STORE
Multilingual Capabilities and New Pop-Up Toolbar Make Speaking Texts, Emails and Status Updates Easier Than Ever; Dragon Search Now iOS4-Compatible
BURLINGTON, MA – July 23, 2010 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the provision of Dragon Dictation 2.0, currently free on the Apple App Store. Dragon Dictation 2.0 is iOS4-compatible, and delivers multilingual support and a new easy-to-use interface for speaking text messages, emails and social media status updates without ever having to go away the applying itself. First introduced in December 2009, the well-liked Dragon Dictation App has been downloaded by millions and ranks as a host one business productivity application that permits iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users to chat text content for everything from email messages to blog posts.
Dragon Dictation 2.0 includes a fun-yet-convenient pop-up toolbar with app icons that let people to chat a status update and send it directly to Facebook or Twitter, or speak any text and send it directly to the text messaging client or clipboard – all without leaving the Dragon Dictation app client. Dragon Dictation 2.0 also features an Auto Save function that automatically saves your dictated text when interrupted by an incoming phone call.
Nuance also announced today that Dragon Dictation supports both U.S. and U.K. English, with additional language support to be added soon, beginning with German later this month. All Dragon Dictation users are capable of easily switch between supported languages as they become available.
\” Millions of folks have downloaded Dragon Dictation for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and this latest version is an immediate result of the features our user community has voiced would make the ‘must-have\’ app even better,\” said Michael Thompson, senior vp and general manager, Nuance Mobile. \” And with support for more languages, we\’re answering the call from our Dragon fans worldwide.\”
Nuance also has available on the Apple App Store the iOS4-compatible Dragon Search mobile application that permits users to talk searches which can be returned from a wide range of content sources including Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, iTunes, YouTube and Twitter via the Dragon Search Carousel™. Both Dragon Dictation 2.0 and Dragon Search are immediately available for gratis on the Apple App Store for a limited time.
To learn more, visit www.dragonmobileapps.com. Also make sure to follow Nuance on Twitter @DragonTweets and @NuanceMobile, and become partial to Dragon Mobile Apps on Facebook.
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