ScanSoft Closes Acquisition of Art Advanced Recognition Technologies

ScanSoft announced that it has closed the acquisition of ART Advanced Recognition Technologies.

ART solutions provide speech recognition technologies that allow people to use voice-activated controls on their mobile device to set meetings, call people, read emails and retrieve information from enterprise applications.

With the acquisition of ART, ScanSoft expands its portfolio of embedded speech solutions to include a set of resources and relationships with mobile device manufacturers and service providers. ART specializes in applications that create voice-based, conversational interfaces that enable users to dial by voice and manage and access their contacts for mobile devices. The handwriting recognition software for smartphones extends the applications and enables multimodal activation.

ART's current customer portfolio in the wireless and device industries includes: Analog Devices, Agere Systems, Hitachi, LG Electronics, Intel, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola, NEC, Panasonic, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.