Nuance Communications announced that its Dragon Drive connected car platform is powering the natural language interface of Mercedes-Benz' suite of connected applications and services. Mercedes-Benz drivers now have a more intuitive means of staying connected behind the wheel, using their voice to access various apps and services. Select models will feature the new connected voice experience beginning in September 2015.
Nuance's cloud-based speech recognition and natural language understanding have been deeply integrated into Mercedes-Benz' lineup of voice-enabled applications and services: weather, Internet radio, local search, and message dictation. Nuance's voice technologies make it simple and convenient for drivers to access these applications through a natural language interface that minimizes visual and manual distractions by allowing for commands to be spoken in a single phrase, such as, "Where's the next Shell gas station?" or, "Show me a Legal Sea Foods restaurant near my location." Please read the exclusive interview Connected Car as your personal assistant of Nuance's VP & GM of Automotive, Arnd Weil via this link.