Nuance launches T9 Nav

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Nuance Communications Inc., a leading supplier of speech, smart keypad and imaging solutions, announced the availability of T9 Nav, a mobile discovery solution that provides a faster way to access all features, applications and content on a mobile device in just a few key presses, is available via download for consumer evaluation trials in India, the most vibrant mobile market now in the world. T9 Nav will also be launching in the United States and Great Britain.

T9 Nav is an ideal search and discovery solution for mobile communications device manufacturers, as well as other industry sectors such as office automation, personal navigation devices and consumer electronics.

It comes as simple and powerful mobile discovery software that significantly improves the mobile user experience by allowing users to bypass button-driven menu systems which often require complex combinations of key presses, offering a fast, direct and repeatable way to access features and content on the phone. It intelligently adapts to user behaviour over time, reordering and predicting frequently searched terms using the industry leading, patented algorithms from T9/XT9 software.

Says Sunny Rao, General Manager, Nuance Communications - ASEAN & India: “Nuance Mobile Solutions make it easier to control mobile devices, automate customer services, and access and discover even the most advanced mobile applications and content - regardless of technical know-how, location, environment or physical and literacy capabilities.

“As mobile phones get more complex, data storage capabilities are increasing. Additionally, the proliferation of phone features requires a robust retrieval system to access and manage content. Users are often confused by complex menu navigation and cannot easily find and identify specific device features and mobile content to download - and many mobile carriers have identified that this is an obstacle to greater data service uptake and growth. T9 Nav addresses this critical problem faced by the carriers’ subscribers, and we have brought to the market mobile search and discovery that is fast and simple, efficient, flexible and adaptable to the user.”

Designed to complement a device's existing look and feel, T9 Nav does not change how the user interface or menu areas on the phone look or perform, but works alongside these elements and by placing all menu areas just a couple of clicks away from the idle screen. For example, typing "m-a" (i.e., "3-2") from the home screen of the phone can take the user directly to a mapping application, a Madonna ringtone, a contact named “Mary” or any other content, contacts or device features beginning with those letters. T9 Nav adapts to user behavior over time to provide customized search results based on frequently accessed features and content.

Download Instructions: On the site www.t9nav.com, after clicking “download”, the Web site automatically launches a Nokia installer window where a Symbian S60 Third Edition handset user can click “install’ and then finish the installation on his or her phone.