SpinVox dead, Nuance rumoured to be taking control

By on December 14, 2009 in News

Well we can almost rest easy.

SpinVox — the world’s most ridiculous company — is dead.

Well, not quite.

There’s a deal in the works — so reports Dan Matthews at RealBusiness who goes on to say that The London Times reckons SpinVox is ready to be flogged for $150m to Nuance.

The founders, the management team and the previous load of shareholders are also rumoured to get nothing. Zilcho. Nada.

We move on.

Nice one, Nuance.

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  • http://phoneboy.com phoneboy

    At least we know Nuance has technology that might actually get the job done. The Dragon Dictation app on the iPhone is amazing!

  • http://www.JamesSiminoff.com Siminoff

    So much to say here but I think that I will refrain at this moment:)

  • nacho

    What happened to SpinVox and why are they “the world’s most ridiculous company”?

  • nacho

    Oh, I just read the Times note and I remember the issue over the summer. Yep, very ridiculous indeed ;-)

  • http://timo.synthasite.com/ TimO

    Nuance did try to attract staff away from SpinVox with some targeted recruitment back in October, as per http://www.nuance.com/news/pressreleases/2009/2…

    “Nuance to Host U.K. Career Days in Marlow and Cambridge; Talented Mobile Professionals Invited to Join World-Class Team”

    Guess where SpinVox are based!

  • AJ

    $150m?? That's a lot of money. I have my doubts.

  • AJ

    $150m?? That's a lot of money. I have my doubts.

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