Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion - The News Chronicle
Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion Going by Bloomberg’s report, technology giant, Microsoft is acquiring Nuance Communications, a leader in speech to text software, for $19.7 billion. In a post announcing the deal, the company said this was about increasing its presence in the healthcare vertical, a place where Nuance has done well in recent years. In fact, the company announced the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare last year, and this deal is about accelerating its presence there. Nuance’s products in this area include Dragon Ambie...