Nuance Wins Five Awards in Multiple Categories at Speech Technology Magazine Awards Ceremony

BURLINGTON, Mass., August 16, 2006 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the world’s leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that it received five Speech Solutions Awards from Speech Technology Magazine at the annual Speech Solutions Awards ceremony, hosted at the SpeechTEK conference in New York last week. The Speech Solutions Awards are presented to companies in various categories for outstanding accomplishments bringing new products and services to the marketplace.

Nuance took home more awards than any other speech vendor, prevailing over nominees such as IBM, Intervoice, Loquendo, Microsoft and VoiceSignal in multiple categories. Nuance’s innovative technology and broad product portfolio were recognized with the following awards:

• Best Speaker Verification Product – SpeechSecure™ SpeechSecure uses patented biometric technology to verify callers’ identities based on characteristics of their specific vocal patterns.
  
  
• Best Embedded Speech Product – SpeechPAK™ MP3 Nuance SpeechPAK MP3 enables MP3 device users to simply say “play” and then name the album, playlist, song title, genre or artist to access their favorite songs through speech.
  
  
• Best Automated Speech Recognition Product – OpenSpeech® Recognizer OpenSpeech Recognizer enables businesses to automate highly accurate self-service applications in more than 45 languages.
  
  
• Best Text-to-Speech Product – RealSpeak™ Telecom 4.0 RealSpeak converts text into startlingly human-sounding synthesized speech in more than 20 languages, and across more than 30 voices in a variety of different accents and speaking styles.
  
  
• Best New Product for ‘07 – Nuance® Next Generation Speech Server The Nuance Next Generation Speech Server combines the best of the best speech technology to enable more accurate, more natural conversations to improve the overall caller experience. The system will feature easier design, development, tuning and monitoring of applications.

“Winning one Speech Solutions Award is impressive, but winning five is nothing short of exceptional. Clearly, when it comes to speech technology, Nuance gets it,” said David Myron, editor-in-chief of Speech Technology Magazine.

The Speech Solutions Awards were selected by Speech Technology Magazine readers in an online poll and formally presented to the winners during the SpeechTEK conference. Speech Technology Magazine is recognized worldwide as the leading source of information on speech technology solutions that are changing communications and technology offerings of organizations worldwide.

“Nuance continues to drive innovation in the speech industry,” said Peter Mahoney, vice president, worldwide marketing, Nuance. “We offer our customers the broadest array of network speech solutions, and we have leading capabilities in the expanding areas of mobility and embedded solutions. This series of awards validates our position as a pioneer in speech technology and a leader in speech deployments.”

About Nuance Communications, Inc.

Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for business 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. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.

Nuance, the Nuance logo, OpenSpeech,RealSpeak, SpeechPAK and SpeechSecure are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.