Nuance’s Dragon Go! Now Available for Android
Nuance Communications today released a version of its Dragon Go! application for accessing mobile content for Android on the Android Market. Dragon Go! gives consumers direct voice-enabled access to more than 200 destinations for mobile content, including AccuWeather, Ask.com, Bing, Dictionary.com, ESPN, Facebook, Fandango, Last.fm, LiveNation, Milo.com, OpenTable, Pandora internet radio, Rotten Tomatoes, Spotify, Twitter, Wikipedia, Wolfram|Alpha, Yelp, YouTube, Yahoo! and many others.
Dragon Go! combines Nuance's Dragon voice recognition and natural language understanding with artificial intelligence technology. It not only hears what you say, but actually understands what you mean. It immediately returns the most relevant content front and center on the Dragon Carousel, with additional relevant content from complementary providers. Further, Dragon Go!'s open design preserves the content partners' original look and feel.
"Legacy search applications are fading in mobile. Consumers want immediate and direct access to content, not scrolling, hunting or pecking through search links or filtered content," said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager of Nuance Mobile, in a statement. "Dragon Go! gives people the freedom to speak openly, and magically get the content they want."
"Dragon Go! has been incredibly successful since its launch on iOS in July, winning several awards and holding a 4.5-star rating among users. We're delivering fast, direct, and open access to content for consumers. It's just a better way to experience the mobile Web," said Vlad Sejnoha, chief technology officer at Nuance, in a statement. "Dragon Go! eliminates the intermediate steps typically required to reach desired Web or app destinations. It's only going to get better as we continue to expand partnerships and bring new features and more content tailored for Android consumers."
Dragon Go! is available for free on the Android Market in the US in U.S. English. It is part of the Dragon Mobile Apps family, which includes the FlexT9 application for Android, Swype, Dragon Dictation and original Dragon Search apps for iOS.