Nuance Debuts FlexT9 Multimodal Input for Android

Nuance Communications debuted its multimodal FlexT9 app for Android at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, today.

Flex T9, supports six languages, including U.S. and U.K. English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Recently launched in the United States, FlexT9 combines Dragon Dictation, T9 Trace, T9 Write, and XT9, empowering consumers to choose how they stay connected, whether they speak, trace, write, or tap.

FlexT9 seamlessly integrates Nuance’s Dragon speech technology with its T9 predictive touch input portfolio in an all-in-one keyboard. FlexT9 allows users to switch between different input methods with just a simple tap, and now they can easily toggle back and forth between all six supported languages to:

• Speak: users can speak  text into emails, SMS text messages, Facebook and Twitter updates, Web searches, instant messaging, and more;
• Trace: users glide their finger from one letter to the next on the virtual keypad;
• Write: users can use their fingers to draw words and phrases, numbers, symbols, accented characters, and more on the touch screen, and instantly see result; and
• Tap: Nuance’s XT9 predictive text input technology is at the core of FlexT9 to enable next word prediction, word completion, Sloppy-Type word error correction, spell correction, and much more across the entire input experience, including T9 Write and T9 Trace.

“FlexT9 recognizes that there is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to staying connected with friends and family, and that today’s consumer demands options and flexibility,” said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager of Nuance Mobile. “Given FlexT9’s early success in the U.S., we’re further expanding this power of choice to Android users across Europe with amazing multimodal capabilities in six different languages.”

FlexT9 is currently available for download in the Android App Store for $4.99  and supports Android OS v2.1 and higher.