Newswires and other online news feeds were buzzing last Monday afternoon as news about the merger between ScanSoft and Nuance Communications hit the wire. ScanSoft and Nuance announced that they had signed a definitive agreement whereby ScanSoft will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Nuance, merging the two organizations into a single company. After the transaction is closed, the combined company will assume the name Nuance. [This Speech Technology Magazine article aggregates the different news sources and provides some analysis. more ... ] |