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Microsoft has agreed to buy Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion.
Microsoft intends to integrate Nuance’s technology into its healthcare-specific cloud strategy.
The acquisition is Microsoft’s second-largest after the $24 billion purchase of LinkedIn.
Microsoft has agreed to buy the AI and voice communications firm Nuance for $19.7 billion.
The deal, expected to close at the end of the year, would value Nuance at $56 per share, implying a premium of 23% to the stock’s closing price on April 9.
Nuance is Microsoft’s second largest acquisition after its $24 billion purchase of LinkedIn in 2016.
Nuance’s speech recognition engine is the basis for Apple’s voice assistant Siri, and the company has developed Dragon Naturally Speaking voice technology products.