Voice Technology and T9 Company Nuance Buys Swype
filed in Business Strategy on Oct.07, 2011
Voice Technology Company Nuance have purchased Keyboard input technology expert Swype for 100 mil.
Nuance is a major player in voice technology and as I wrote about, speech is increasingly becoming mobile technology. That’s something we’re seeing more with the rollout of Siri on the iPhone 4S, which would appear to be powered in part by Nuance technology though the company has not been able to confirm that. But with the pick-up of Swype, Nuance is reminding us that it wants to control all forms of input on devices and while voice is intriguing for many, it’s not a perfect fit for everyone and can’t be used in all circumstances like really noisy environments or private meetings. As Nuance CTO Vlad Sejnoha told me, basically all of Nuance’s business is becoming mobile. By picking up Swype, Nuance can be the go-to resource for all kinds of input on a mobile device.
We will spend the next 2 years fighting our input culture, shifting from touch, mouse, keyboard to voice!
