Nuance It is probably one of the most famous companies in the world when it comes to speech recognition. Already, several Samsung systems use Nuance technology to recognize user voice commands. Well, now it is said that Samsung could buy Nuance. The company is related to Siri, Apple's voice recognition service.
When there are only a couple of specialized companies in a certain sector, the same thing usually ends up happening. As much as Apple and Samsung compete, in the end they have no choice but to end up integrating the same technology in their smartphones. This is the case of voice recognition systems. Siri on Apple, and S Voice on Samsung. The latest news indicates that Samsung could buy Nuance, which is now in all probability the largest company when it comes to speech recognition technology.
And why does it matter so much? First of all, because Samsung's voice recognition service will improve. Currently, neither Siri, nor S Voice, are too useful, but it seems that it is future, so it is normal that companies bet on this to acquire other companies specialized in this sector. However, what should be noted is that Siri and Nuance have a lot to do with it. Siri, Apple's system, is based on Vlingo technology. However, Nuance ended up buying Vlingo, so it can be said that Siri's technology is now also from Nuance. And if Samsung is going to acquire Nuance, it can also be said that Siri's technology is now Samsung technology too.
Actually, this is nothing strange. If we analyze the technology of the Samsung Galaxy S5, which for us is the best smartphone on the market, and that of the iPhone 5s, we can quickly come to the conclusion that they are actually very similar smartphones, and have almost the same technologies.
