Microsoft completes its $19.7 billion purchase of voice-tech company Nuance
It closed the deal following approval from UK regulators.
Nuance
Microsoft's $19.7 billion Nuance acquisition wins EU approval
It's not a done deal yet, however.
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Microsoft will acquire speech-tech giant Nuance for $19.7 billion
The deal is designed to bolster Microsoft's healthcare ambitions.
Microsoft is reportedly close to buying speech tech giant Nuance
The deal could give Microsoft advantages in AI, health tech and beyond.
Nuance's AI uses real interactions to make chat bots smarter
Project Pathfinder draws on human conversation, not service scripts.
Soon you won’t need a wake word to talk to your car
Nuance is making in-car voice assistants listen better.
Mercedes goes all in with in-car natural-language control
This might just replace your smartphone in the car.
Microsoft improves Office's hands-free typing with Dictate
The app is an experimental Office add-in developed by Microsoft Garage.
Internet-connected toys accused of spying on kids
Complaints to regulators say that some toys collect the voices of children without permission.
Barclays swaps passwords for voice IDs for telephone banking
All UK customers no longer need remember the passwords they'd already forgotten.
TalkTalk's customer helpline now uses voice authentication
Who remembers those telephone account passwords anyway?
