Microsoft to buy Nuance Communications for $19 billion

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Microsoft intends to boost its cloud healthcare business with voice recognition deal

Microsoft announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AI speech recognition firm Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion (about £13.7 billion). As part of the ...

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