NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS Launches T9 Nav™

Creators of T9™ and XT9™

New Delhi (India) – June 16, 2008 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the world’s leading supplier of speech, smart keypad and imaging solutions, today announced the availability of T9 Nav™, a mobile discovery solution that provides a faster way to access all features, applications and content on a mobile device in just a few key presses, is available via download for consumer evaluation trials in India, the most vibrant mobile market now in the world. T9 Nav™ will also be launching in the United States and Great Britain.

T9 Nav™ is an ideal search and discovery solution for mobile communications device manufacturers, as well as other industry sectors such as office automation, personal navigation devices and consumer electronics.

T9 Nav™ comes as simple and powerful mobile discovery software that significantly improves the mobile user experience by allowing users to bypass button-driven menu systems which often require complex combinations of key presses, offering a fast, direct and repeatable way to access features and content on the phone. It intelligently adapts to user behaviour over time, reordering and predicting frequently searched terms using the industry leading, patented algorithms from T9/XT9 software.

Says Sunny Rao, General Manager, Nuance Communications – ASEAN & India: “Nuance Mobile Solutions make it easier to control mobile devices, automate customer services, and access and discover even the most advanced mobile applications and content – regardless of technical know-how, location, environment or physical and literacy capabilities.”

He added, “As mobile phones get more complex, data storage capabilities are increasing. Additionally, the proliferation of phone features requires a robust retrieval system to access and manage content. Users are often confused by complex menu navigation and cannot easily find and identify specific device features and mobile content to download – and many mobile carriers have identified that this is an obstacle to greater data service uptake and growth.” He further added that “T9 Nav™ addresses this critical problem faced by the carriers’ subscribers, and we have brought to the market mobile search and discovery that is fast and simple, efficient, flexible and adaptable to the user.”

Designed to complement a device’s existing look and feel, T9 Nav™ does not change how the user interface or menu areas on the phone look or perform, but works alongside these elements and by placing all menu areas just a couple of clicks away from the idle screen. For example, typing “m-a” (i.e., “3-2″) from the home screen of the phone can take the user directly to a mapping application, a Madonna ringtone, a contact named “Mary” or any other content, contacts or device features beginning with those letters. T9 Nav™ adapts to user behavior over time to provide customized search results based on frequently accessed features and content.

Download Instructions: On the site www.t9nav.com , after clicking “download”, the Web site automatically launches a Nokia installer window where a Symbian S60 Third Edition handset user can click “install’ and then finish the installation on his or her phone.

About T9™ Software:

T9™ Text Input, a leading alphabet-based and Chinese, Japanese and Korean character-based messaging software, and is available in more than 70 language, including nine Indian languages – Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam — and a hybrid language used by India’s urban youth: Hinglish. T9™ was developed by Tegic Communications, which was acquired by Nuance Communications in August 2007. By incorporating T9™ software into mobile communications products, companies are solving the fundamental problem of how to quickly and easily send mobile messages and browse the Web. More than 800 mobile phone models available throughout the world today include T9™ software and the technology has been licensed to major consumer electronics and communications equipment manufacturers worldwide. For more information on T9™, please go to

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Nuance is the leading provider of speech, smart keypad and imaging 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 information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications and professional services. For more information, please visit: nuance.com .

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