BURLINGTON, USA: Nuance Communications Inc., a leading provider of speech solutions, announced the availability of Nuance Voice Control (NVC) 2.0, a customizable modular framework that allows operators and handset OEMs to speech enable any feature, application, or network service on any mobile device they bring to market, including feature phones.

The next generation of NVC integrates VSuite, the most widely distributed embedded command and control application currently available on more than 300 million phones worldwide, with Nuance’s innovative Open Voice Search (OVS), Mobile Messaging, and the ability to inform and launch any native or third-party mobile application.

NVC 2.0 is the industry’s first mobile solution that includes speech recognition on the device, seamlessly integrated to speech recognition in the network. Further, NVC 2.0 is platform, operating system, and search engine agnostic, allowing operators to reach mass market consumers on a variety of devices quickly.

This innovative suite of speech capabilities includes:

* Voice activated dialing: “Call Mom’s mobile.”
* Free-form Web search: “Find tickets to Red Sox game.”
* Text or email message addressing and dictation: “Send text to Kate Smith; Hey Kate, Let’s meet at the lobby bar in 20 minutes and then go to the concert.”
* Music search: “Get Love Story by Taylor Swift.”
* Navigation: “Find Directions to 159 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.”
* Games: “Go to BubbleSmile.”
* Social media applications: “Go to Twitter.”
* And any other feature or service operators and OEMs want to voice enable.

All commands can be launched from the idle screen to maximize the user experience, and the graphic presentation is fully integrated with the existing branded applications on the device.

“There is a clear demand in the broader consumer market for fully speech-enabled mobile devices, and NVC 2.0 finally gives operators and OEMs the platform to deliver against that demand,” said Mike Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. “NVC 2.0 was designed with the entire mobile ecosystem in mind, but specifically focused on mobile operators and the services they provide for search, messaging and additional over the air consumer-generated content. Elevating the accessibility of these features increases the opportunity for both operator and handset consumer loyalty and the opportunity for increased revenue per user.”