by Angela Guess
A recent article out of the company reports, “Nuance Communications, Inc. announced from its West Coast Innovation Day event that its Dragon Drive connected car platform and Nuance Mix voice and natural language understanding developer platform, currently in beta, provide automakers with a set of capabilities to create intelligent and conversational voice experiences for cars that talk to ‘things’ such as consumer electronics and smart devices. According to Strategy Analytics, there will be more than 30 billion connected devices by 2020, nearly three times the total in 2014. Further, Statista predicts that by 2020, more than 20 percent of cars on the road will be connected – an estimated 250 million intelligent cars. It becomes critical for automakers to deliver safer, smarter interactions with an expanding array of apps and services that will connect to more and more ‘things.’”
The article goes on, “Dragon Drive’s expansive voice and content platform gives automakers the ability to create voice-enabled apps and services that let drivers speak to connect with smart devices and systems from behind the wheel. Through natural language commands, drivers can turn on lights or activate a home entertainment system – the possibilities are endless. But automakers also need the ability to quickly and easily customize a consistent voice experience on companion apps running on smart devices that connect to the car – creating a meaningful two-way engagement.”
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