Firstly, mobile apps like Dragon Go and Siri, which have only appeared recently, are providing Nuance with a huge new data stream to study.

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Similarly, Dragon has begun shipping a multilanguage version of its NaturallySpeaking Mobile Organizer Version 4.

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We will be looking for answers with a team of worldly venture investors led by Hermann Hauser of Amadeus Capital Partners, game changers like Savio Kwan of Alibaba, innovative entrepreneurs such as Alexander Trewby of Hong Kong-based mobile tech service Enterproid and technologists who are speaking at Silicon Dragon London.

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