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== Operations == === '''History of the company''' === Originally incorporated as Visioneer in 1992, the company merged with ScanSoft, Inc. its largest competitor at the time in 1999. In 2005, ScanSoft acquired and merged with Nuance Communications, Inc and changed its name to the same.ย Under this name, the company had was a key player in the development of voice recognition software and speech-to-text technology. As of March 4th 2022, Nuance Communications Inc. is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. It is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, but it has established a significant presence in the Seattle area through various acquisitions such as Saykara<ref>https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nuance/company_financials</ref>, VoiceBox, Swype, and several others. === Mission of the company === At its core, Nuance aims to use advanced conversational AI to help improve productivity, enhance customer experiences, and enable seamless human-machine interactions across various industries, including healthcare, automotive, financial services, and more. Its website states its mission statement as, "amplifying your ability to help others"<ref>https://www.nuance.com/en-gb/company-overview/what-we-do.html</ref>. According to Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin, ''โWe are committed to innovating new and cutting-edge AI solutions that help make healthcare more personal, affordable, effective and accessible, while also continuing to improve the patient and clinician experience."<ref>https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsofts-19-7b-nuance-deal-is-finally-final-nearly-a-year-after-it-was-announced/</ref>'' It is trusted by 77 percent of U.S. hospitals and 85 percent of the Fortune 100 across the globe. === Main offerings of the company === The company offers an array of solutions under three primary segments: Healthcare, Enterprise, and Other. The Healthcare segment focuses on improving and simplifying clinical documentation through solutions that comprehend and analyse clinical speech and language. It also focuses on improving care quality, reducing physician burnout, integrating quality measures, and facilitating reimbursement. This segment provides products like Dragon Medical One, a cloud-based speech recognition solution, and Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (Nuance DAX), an AI powered clinical documentation solution. These tools enhance clinical documentation efficiency, accuracy and accessibility. The Enterprise segment employs speech, natural language understanding, and AI to automate customer solutions across various channels, including voice, mobile, web, and messaging. This segment delivers intelligent engagement solutions and utilises Conversational AI, Engagement AI, and Security AI to better interact with customers. Examples include virtual assistant and chatbots for enhanced customer service to achieve the best possible business outcomes. The Other segment consists mainly of voicemail transcription services. Serving a diverse range of industries, from healthcare and financial services to telecommunications, government, and retail, Nuance markets and sells its innovative solutions directly and through an extensive network of resellers. These resellers encompass system integrators, independent software vendors, value-added resellers, distributors, hardware vendors, telecommunications carriers, and e-commerce websites globally.
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