which American multinational computer software XT9 now part of
Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is an American multinational computer software technology corporation, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States on the outskirts of Boston, that provides speech and imaging applications. Current business products focus on server and embedded speech recognition, telephone call steering systems, automated telephone directory services, medical transcription software and systems, optical character recognition software, and desktop imaging software. The company also maintains a small division which does software and system development for military and government agencies.
Vivint Vivint, Inc. (formerly known as APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc., or shortened to Vivint., stylized as vivint. or vivint.SmartHome) is a private smart home services provider in the United States and Canada. In 2012, The Blackstone Group acquired Vivint for more than $2 billion. As of August 2016, Vivint had more than one million customers in the U.S. and Canada. Vivint is listed on the "Forbes" list of "America’s Best Employers” and was also named one of Forbes’ “Most Promising Companies” in 2013.