Nuance Launches New Software Licensing Program for Education Organizations in EMEA
Nuance Software Helps Students and Teachers Create Documents Up to 3 Times Faster Than Manual Typing, Instantly Convert Paper into Editable Documents, and Securely Share PDF
LONDON, October 21, 2008 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the world’s leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today announced the Nuance EMEA Education Program. As multimedia rich electronic documents become more prevalent in both teaching and learning in educational institutions across EMEA, the Nuance Education Program has been developed to provide a cost-effective method for students and educational institutions to take advantage of Nuance’s full range of award-winning speech recognition and document management solutions, including Dragon® NaturallySpeaking®, and the new PDF+Scan Suite, a bundle of Nuance’s market-leading PaperPort, OmniPage and PDF Converter desktop applications.
Commenting on the introduction of the Nuance Education Program, Mark Green, director of Education, Nuance EMEA, said: “Teaching and learning are fundamentally changing, and so too are the tools that facilitate the learning process. The traditional text book and exercise book are being supplemented by electronic documents. This places a new requirement on managing the creation, distribution and storage of documents. The Nuance Education Program makes it easier for students and educational institutions to access the software solutions offered by Nuance, thus enriching the multimedia learning and document management experience.” Green added: “This program will enable education institutions across Europe to purchase Nuance software tools at a discounted rate, thus enabling all students and teachers to ensure that the production, delivery and storage of important documents is managed effectively, and for only a small investment”
Under the Nuance Education Program, students, higher education institutions and universities can purchase selected Nuance software at significant discounts or at Volume Licensing. The products include Nuance PDF+SCAN Suite and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, and all of Nuance award-winning OCR, scanning and PDF solutions. All are powerful tools developed to increase productivity and save time when completing homework, assignments, report writing, form filling, conducting research, and filing documents. By introducing students to speech recognition and OCR software during their education, exposes them in advance to the Nuance document management and productivity tools already used by organisations globally. These include:
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10
Fast, easy and amazingly accurate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking is over three times faster than typing. It enables education professionals and students to dictate assignments and e-mails at 160 words per minute all by simply speaking. It also helps to avoid the possible development of conditions such as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and also aids students with learning accessibility issues.
- PaperPort 11
PaperPort is the most productive and cost effective way to scan and organise documents including paper, PDF, files and photographs. It turns piles of paper – school notes, textbooks, and assignments - into organised files that you can easily print, find and share.
- OmniPage 16
OmniPage is the easiest way to edit, share and store paper, PDF and electronic documents. The software turns paper and digital documents that would take hours to re-type and layout into perfectly formatted text documents in seconds. With the innovative 3D Capture feature users can turn pictures from artwork, reference books, advertisements - taken with a digital camera - into editable documents. Users can even turn text into human-sounding audio books for the iPod or MP3-player.
- PDF Converter Professional 5
PDF Converter 5 is the quickest and easiest method to create, convert, and edit PDF files. It creates PDF files from practically any PC application, or converts PDFs into Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Make changes directly within a PDF file, compare two versions of a PDF document, or insert a table of contents into a PDF, based on the bookmark hierarchy. Secure your assignments by applying digital signatures and security settings. With more emphasis now on transfer of information into and out of digital repositories, the use of PDF will no doubt continue to be cornerstone for staff and students transferring information across a university, college or school network.
Availability and Pricing
Nuance PDF+SCAN Suite and Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the education market, will be sold through a network of specialised distributors and organisations. With solutions available for students and teachers, as single boxed copies, and more cost effective licensing options, for schools, colleges and universities, Nuance is confident that the right purchasing plan is available for all the various education sectors. For more details on pricing, contact our education team directly on education@nuance.com
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance is a leading provider of speech, smart keypad and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance's proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
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