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Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) and CTG (NASDAQ: CTGX), a leading IT services provider with extensive experience in the automation of warehouse and distribution centers within the CPG(a) and Food & Beverages industries, today announced that CTG has selected Nuance speech technology to power Vulcan Voice, its new speech-enabled solution for the warehousing and logistics industry. The new solution allows workers to interact with the warehouse management system by voice, improving productivity and accuracy across manufacturing plants and distribution facilities by freeing workers� hands and eyes to focus on specific warehouse tasks. Vulcan Voice incorporates Nuance�s speech recognition and text-to-speech technology to optimize the enterprise-wide management of inventory, resources and facilities. CTG has delivered Vulcan Voice to a major North American CPG manufacturer to transform its complex warehouse operations across more than 200 individual facilities. This manufacturer, a CTG customer for more than a decade, opted to speech-enable its existing logistics solution to optimize the overall efficiency of warehouse operations, including loading, receiving and replenishment. The speech application from CTG and Nuance replaces cumbersome keyboards and touch screens and allows expanded capabilities of the CTG warehouse system while reducing labor costs and minimizing new capital investments. �We selected Nuance as our strategic partner based on the high recognition accuracy demonstrated by the VoCon� 3200 engine, especially in noisy environments, such as those a mobile device user might experience in a distribution center,� said Michael Colson, CTG�s senior vice president, IT Solutions. �In our logistics laboratories, engineers evaluated several competitive voice technologies by conducting extensive noise and accuracy tests and concluded that Nuance VoCon 3200 was the clear choice for embedded voice-recognition. Nuance also provides state-of-the-art embedded text-to-speech software that accurately reads data in a natural-sounding voice.� �Speech is truly everywhere: from cars and mobile phones, to healthcare facilities and legal offices and increasingly in warehouse facilities,� said Craig Peddie, vice president and general manager, embedded speech solutions, Nuance. �CTG logistics solutions provide a smooth flow of real-time, accurate, critical business information where and when it�s needed. But traditional data input and output options limit the productivity of mobile workers in a warehouse environment. Nuance speech solutions enable IT software developers and systems integrators such as CTG to construct a more efficient user interface for specific tasks in the distribution center.� (a) - Consumer Package Goods About CTG Backed by 40 years� experience, CTG provides IT application management, consulting, software development and integration, and staffing solutions. CTG has automated hundreds of warehouse and distribution facilities ranging from less than 20,000 to over two million square feet, both in North America and Europe. CTG�s 3,300 IT professionals based in an international network of offices in North America and Europe have a proven track record of delivering solutions that work. More information about CTG is available on the Web at www.ctg.com. About Nuance Communications, Inc. Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for business and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications, and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share, and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance�s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com. Nuance, the Nuance logo and VoCon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.