Continuing on with its recent buying spree, Nuance Communications has purchased Jott Networks, a startup known for its mobile voice-to-text technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although Jott had raised $5.4 million in a round of funding two years ago. Nuance said that it would continue to offer all of Jott’s technology, including Jott Assistant, which lets users create notes, send email, and post on websites by using their voices. Jott says the product — which it offers at either a $3.95 or $12.95 a month subscription price, depending on some features — has “hundreds of thousands” of users.
Nuance develops its own voice-recognition software and it said it would use Jott to expand its portfolio of mobile voice services. The company specifically said it would package Jott Assistant with its voicemail-to-text solution, along with other voice services, and offer the products together to mobile operators.
Nuance has picked up a host of companies lately. It purchased text input technology specialist Zi for $35 million in March, Philips Speech Recognition Systems in October for $96.1 million, as well as SNAPin last August for $180 million. Like Jott, SNAPin, which builds software for smartphones, has operations near Seattle, Washington. The news was first reported last evening by Seattle-area tech site TechFlash. Release.

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