Nuance Communications and VoiceSignal Technologies Tuesday clinch $293 million merger</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Nuance Communications and VoiceSignal Technologies Tuesday clinch $293 million merger"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Nuance,Communications,and,VoiceSignal,Technologies,Tuesday,clinch,$293,million,merger"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">16-05-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Nuance Communications and VoiceSignal Technologies Tuesday clinch $293 million merger</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">California, USA (Red Herring): Turning up the volume in mobile speech recognition, Massachusetts rivals Nuance Communications and VoiceSignal Technologies Tuesday clinched a $293 million merger. The acquisition of VoiceSignal is the latest in a string of voice deals in mobile, including Nuance’s $140 million acquisition of BeVocal in February, Microsoft’s $800 million buyout of Tellme in March and Google’s launch of a free voice-activated 411 service in April. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22274&hed=VoiceSignal%2C+Nuance+Sing+Harmony§or=Industries&subsector=Communications " target="blank">www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22274&hed=VoiceSignal%2C+Nuance+Sing+Harmony§or=Industries&subsector=Communications </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show