Nuance Communications Inc
A maker of speech-recognition and conversational AI software, best known for the Dragon line of dictation products used by consumers, doctors, and businesses. The company traces its roots to a lab at SRI International that spun off in the 1990s, and it took its current name after merging with ScanSoft in 2005. The name "nuance" was chosen to reflect how the technology captures the subtle layers of human language, and Microsoft acquired the company in 2022.