Nuance announced the acquisition of Swype for $ 100 million, which shows that there is still a thriving market for traditional touchscreen technology.
Swype, a maker of software for Android phones makes the technology that will achieve “a continuous finger or stylus motion on screen keyboard” to “input words faster and easier allowing other methods of data collection,” the website said. Users of Android smartphones claim that the reduced input software for several seconds. Advances in technology can increase typing speed and the response to the shelves, game consoles, televisions, for example.
Nuance is known can be known for its applications and Dragon speech recognition software for mobile devices that allow users to compose texts and emails by talking with their smartphones. It would also have the power Siri, Apple’s app voice recognition software.
The acquisition probably means that applications such as Swype win preinstalled on some phones, Android in the future, customers with higher speed capabilities.
The purchase also raised eyebrows, with some asking why Nuance would be so much money to pay for technology gesture, when the voice-recognition software seems to be the right way.
However, the transition to voice recognition software probably progressive for developers and users will be. In the meantime, this acquisition will increase the license to make shade for other technologies, the rapid entry. Typing, SMS, applications and games all become more effective time, which provides the kind of technology Swype valuable nuance, which sells mobile applications product manufacturers.
Completed the acquisition of Nuance could far-reaching effects, according to reports that the company itself, a prospect for a takeover by Google, whose speech technology development is directed by Mike Cohen, co-founder of Nuance might. Cohen reportedly said, eWeek that “Google is increasingly interested in his word and gesture technology not only for its Android platform.”
The Boston-based product applications, company paid nearly three-quarters of the total cost to Swype last week, and will give the remaining amount after 18 months.
The motion indicates that the market for touch and voice technologies heats, instead of Apple and Android to its paris.