Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that Nuance's voice technologies were adopted on Panasonic digital TVs to deliver an intuitive and interactive experience with digital program guides. By leveraging Nuance's recently unveiled Dragon TV platform, Panasonic will bring to market a new portfolio of TVs that provide incredible usability and accessibility to digital content.
As TVs become increasingly connected, consumers now have an opportunity to experience a broad range and largely overwhelming amount of content - be it shows, movies, music and now Internet and social media content. With that comes the challenge of creating a truly interactive experience with media and content, with complicated and sometimes antiquated program guides. By integrating Nuance's innovative voice technology designed for the digital TV experience, Panasonic will be able to provide its consumers with the ability to engage with and discover TV content faster and easier than ever before.
"TVs have become the epicenter of the digital living room, with what seems to be unlimited entertainment and media content. But that content is only as powerful as the experience and the ability for consumers to access it. By integrating Nuance's voice technology, Panasonic can empower consumers to enjoy TV watching with Voice Guidance technology in a more universal way," said Hiroyuki Iwaki, group manager of TV product planning, Panasonic.
Dragon TV is Nuance's unique voice and natural language understanding platform for TV, device and set-top box OEMs and service operators. Dragon TV makes finding and accessing shows, movies and content in today's digital living room easy and fun for consumers. Leveraging Nuance's voice and natural language understanding capabilities, Dragon TV creates the "lean-back experience" consumers demand, with the ability to easily find and interact with content by speaking channel numbers, station names, show and movie names.
"The digital living room is quickly proving to be the next big opportunity for voice, as it lets consumers engage their TVs in a way that is natural and intuitive," said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. "And because our Dragon TV platform is incredibly flexible, we're able to give our OEM partners like Panasonic new ways to differentiate the TV experience based on the unique demands of their consumers."
Availability
Panasonic has just started shipping voice-enabled VIERA digital TVs this year in Europe. To learn more visit http://www.panasonic.co.uk.
About Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 8.69 trillion yen (US$105 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2011. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE: PC) stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net.
Nuance and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States of America and/or other countries. All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The statements in this press release relating to future plans or future events or service, are forward-looking statements which are subject to specific risks and uncertainties. These could involve particular market trends, competition factors and other risks described in the documents submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results, events and services may vary significantly from the forecasts. The reader is warned not to rely on these forward-looking statements without reservation, since these are simply reflections of the current situation.
As TVs become increasingly connected, consumers now have an opportunity to experience a broad range and largely overwhelming amount of content - be it shows, movies, music and now Internet and social media content. With that comes the challenge of creating a truly interactive experience with media and content, with complicated and sometimes antiquated program guides. By integrating Nuance's innovative voice technology designed for the digital TV experience, Panasonic will be able to provide its consumers with the ability to engage with and discover TV content faster and easier than ever before.
"TVs have become the epicenter of the digital living room, with what seems to be unlimited entertainment and media content. But that content is only as powerful as the experience and the ability for consumers to access it. By integrating Nuance's voice technology, Panasonic can empower consumers to enjoy TV watching with Voice Guidance technology in a more universal way," said Hiroyuki Iwaki, group manager of TV product planning, Panasonic.
Dragon TV is Nuance's unique voice and natural language understanding platform for TV, device and set-top box OEMs and service operators. Dragon TV makes finding and accessing shows, movies and content in today's digital living room easy and fun for consumers. Leveraging Nuance's voice and natural language understanding capabilities, Dragon TV creates the "lean-back experience" consumers demand, with the ability to easily find and interact with content by speaking channel numbers, station names, show and movie names.
"The digital living room is quickly proving to be the next big opportunity for voice, as it lets consumers engage their TVs in a way that is natural and intuitive," said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. "And because our Dragon TV platform is incredibly flexible, we're able to give our OEM partners like Panasonic new ways to differentiate the TV experience based on the unique demands of their consumers."
Availability
Panasonic has just started shipping voice-enabled VIERA digital TVs this year in Europe. To learn more visit http://www.panasonic.co.uk.
About Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 8.69 trillion yen (US$105 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2011. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE: PC) stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net.
Nuance and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States of America and/or other countries. All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The statements in this press release relating to future plans or future events or service, are forward-looking statements which are subject to specific risks and uncertainties. These could involve particular market trends, competition factors and other risks described in the documents submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results, events and services may vary significantly from the forecasts. The reader is warned not to rely on these forward-looking statements without reservation, since these are simply reflections of the current situation.
