Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is the leading provider of voice and language understanding 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 devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuances proven applications. Nuances Document Imaging portfolio offers the imaging industrys most comprehensive portfolio of document workflow and automation tools. Its PDF, capture and workflow, print management and cost recovery solutions deliver measureable productivity gains and cost reductions by streamlining how people create, share, store and use office documents. These solutions help millions of customers from individuals and workgroups to global enterprises automate their document workflow processes to drive efficiency, boost productivity, facilitate information sharing, drive customer service, improve security and honour their regulatory compliance obligations. Key facts about Nuance
- Nuance is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts
- The company maintains more than 45 offices around the world
- Nuance employs approximately 13,500 people worldwide
- Nuance offerings can support more than 80 languages to deliver global solutions
- Nuance has a significant portfolio of intellectual property, with more than 4,600 patents and patent applications
- Nearly two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies use Nuance solutions
Nuance and PDF/A By joining the PDF/A Competence Center, Nuance is emphasizing its commitment to developing new technology standards. PDF/A is used for the long-term archiving of scanned and converted documents and is currently generating a great deal of interest in the market. The company view of document creation and archiving as a long-term market, Nuance has therefore decided to become a member of the association. Nuances tPower PDFis an Adobe-Acrobat alternative tailored to everyday office requirements, such as creating, editing and converting PDF files and filling in forms. Its range of functions set it apart from competitive products. The Nuance software allows easy access to PDF and PDF/A functions from any office desktop. “Our membership of the PDF/A Competence Center strengthens our market position”, says Hans Dahmen, Regional Sales Director, Central Europe, FR & UK Core Imaging Corporate & Enterprise Sales at Nuance. “Nuances PDF solutions are beneficially priced. In addition, the range of new business functions has enhanced the value of the software. Support for the PDF/A format is another logical extension to our solutions offering.”