At the heart of this transition is a technology called HTML5, which is the next-generation web language that is a part of many mobile app and content developers roadmaps today.

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Dragon TV is a part of Nuance's portfolio of voice, touch and natural language understanding innovations that are defining a new generation of intelligent systems and personal assistant technologies, which also includes Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Dragon Dictate for Mac, Dragon Assistant for Intel-inspired Ultrabooks, Dragon Dictation, Dragon Go!

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Autonomy makes a lot of products that do that, from enterprise search and document discovery, to video cataloging, natural language processing, and the generation of classifications and taxonomies on the fly.

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The new version, HTML5, already supported by many leading browsers, will enable a whole new generation of interactive Web applications and serve as the programming language of the future Web.

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One result is that children (and the next generation of workers) are losing their ability to read body language.

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One of Seth's strengths is that, unlike many writers of his generation, he doesn't constantly try to force readers to appreciate his command over the language.

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