Nuance Buys Jott for More Voice to Text Services

Nuance Communications acquired of Jott voice-to-text service provider. Jott currently offers a voicemail to text service, note via phone, sales applications, and an API for development.

The combined Nuance and Jott teams plan to focus on several key voice-to-text initiatives:

• Nuance plans to package and offer Jott Assistant to mobile operators as part of its voice services portfolio, including Nuance Voicemail-to-Text.
• Nuance, together with its Enterprise Unified Communications partners, will offer a secure, highly scalable and differentiated Enterprise package including Nuance Voicemail-to-Text, Messaging, and Collaboration.
• Nuance will continue to mainstream and expand the CRM partner program through its existing CRM partnerships, enabling enterprise application providers to better meet the needs of the evolving professional mobile market.

"We've seen dramatically increased demand for our mobile voice solutions, because they offer real business value, are easy to deploy, and are a delight to use," said John Pollard, co-founder, Jott. "Nuance has consistently delivered groundbreaking mobile applications to billions of people worldwide. Our combined expertise will bring innovative and differentiated voice services to a variety of markets with tremendous scale."