Parallel

49: Voices in the Cloud

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In its second-larges acquisition ever, Microsoft is buying Nuance Communications. Variously identified as a cloud AI company and a purveyor of speech-to-text tools like Dragon, Nuance is a leader in voices for screen readers. So. What does it all mean?

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    Links and Show Notes: Support Parallel with a Relay FM Membership Nuance - Conversational AI for Healthcare and Customer Engagement | Nuance Microsoft acquires Nuance—makers of Dragon speech rec—for $16 billion | Ars Technica Microsoft buys Nuance | AppleVis Microsoft reveals new initiatives to bridge the 'Disability Divide' over the next five years Microsoft Edge Read aloud
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