- “Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to buy artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
- ‘This can really help Microsoft accelerate the digitization of the health-care industry, which has lagged other sectors such as retail and banking,’ said Anurag Rana, a Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst. ‘The biggest near-term benefit that I can see is in the area of telehealth, where Nuance transcription product is currently being used with Microsoft Teams.’”
