Rovi和Nuance为自然语言娱乐搜索提供端对端解决方案
携手领先语音技术提供商为全球电视服务提供商带来集成对话型娱乐搜索能力
中国北京-2015年9月22日——Rovi公司(NASDAQ: ROVI)和Nuance通讯公司(NASDAQ: NUAN)于本月14日宣布一项联合计划，旨在为对话型娱乐搜索提供端对端解决方案。Nuance和Rovi将提供一个全面集成的对话型语音界面，用户只需自然说出需求便能够方便快捷地找到并访问娱乐内容，从而提供个性化的娱乐体验。
Nuance领先的Dragon TV（声龙电视）语音识别、语音合成以及声纹验证技术将与Rovi独特的云端Conversation Services（对话型服务）进行集成。强强联手，Nuance和Rovi将使得设备制造商和服务提供商可以提供可靠且具有高度扩展性的语音界面，从而实现快速的相关搜索和推荐。除此之外，此项解决方案还能够降低客户总体成本，加速语音服务部署并提供富有吸引力的用户体验。
Nuance移动设备高级副总裁Scott Taylor表示：“面对众多的内容和频道，消费者希望能够轻松便捷地获取他们最喜爱的视频内容。语音技术让人们说出词语便能够直接获取他们想要的娱乐内容，从而改变整个内容搜索体验。通过将我们针对电视进行优化的语音功能与Rovi的自然语言搜索功能进行集成，服务提供商将能够为消费者提供更加个性化的体验。”
Nuance的Dragon TV（声龙电视）使服务运营商和原始设备制造商能够轻松实现集成并提供无缝式用户体验，用户说出需求便能够更加轻松快捷地找到电视节目、影视剧以及点播内容。凭借嵌入式和云端技术，Dragon TV（声龙电视）可以深度集成到遥控器、电视机或者机顶盒中，并且支持40多种语言的全面定制化设置。
Rovi高级副总裁兼搜索业务总经理Michael Hawkey表示：“随着数字内容在各种平台上不断增多，媒体和娱乐服务方面的竞争也愈发激烈，而服务提供商则希望能够让观众直接获取最为相关的娱乐内容，从而丰富他们的产品供给。Rovi携手Nuance推出的联合计划是我们在凭借语音和自然对话推动娱乐搜索创新向前迈出的新一步。我们集成的解决方案使服务提供商能够快速部署，提升服务，从而进一步增强用户的娱乐体验。”
全球范围内的客户都在与Rovi合作，打造个性化的娱乐体验，使用户能够直接获取他们想要的内容。RoviConversation Services（对话型服务）提供了一个流畅的容错型语音解决方案，所提供的便捷性和控制水平超出了当今常见的指令驱动型语音系统。凭借着预测性语义智能以及在真实语境中对娱乐内容的深刻理解，下一代对话界面将对自由对话提供支持，能够快速提供与语境相关的搜索结果。
Rovi Conversation Services（对话型服务）由动态知识图谱（Knowledge Graph）提供支持，其掌握着一亿多个娱乐相关实体的语义实时信息，例如节目名称、明星姓名、品牌以及其他相关元素。这让Rovi能够运用一系列将具体日期、时间以及地点考虑在内的语境相关性过滤器来预测观众的喜好。
Rovi近日在2015年荷兰阿姆斯特丹广播电视设备展览会展示了与Nuance联合推出的搜索解决方案以及其他产品。具体信息，请访问www.rovicorp.com/IBC2015。
关于Nuance通讯公司
Nuance是一家全球领先的语音和语言解决方案提供商，为世界各地的企业和消费者提供服务。它的技术、应用软件和服务改变了人们进行信息的交互与创建，增强了用户体验。每天都有数百万用户和数千家企业使用Nuance为客户制定的应用方案。欲知更多信息，请登录china.nuance.com。
关于Rovi公司
Rovi致力于提供更加个性化的娱乐体验并居于领先地位。公司开创性的节目指南、元数据以及节目推荐不断在全球数百万设备上推动着节目的搜索和导航。凭借新一代云端搜索能力以及交互式广告和观众分析的全新解决方案，Rovi使得全球范围内的优质品牌得以增加他们的覆盖范围，提升消费者满意度并在多种影视渠道打造更好的娱乐体验。Rovi在全球范围内拥有5000多项已颁发和正在申请的专利，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉。如欲了解有关Rovi的更多信息，请访问Rovicorp.com。
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From Nuance Communications, Inc.
Rovi and Nuance Deliver End-to-End Solution for Natural Language Entertainment Discovery
Joint Initiative with Leading Speech Technology Provider Will Bring Integrated Conversational Entertainment Discovery Capabilities to Global TV Service Providers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and AMSTERDAM, IBC, September 14, 2015 — Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced a joint initiative to deliver an end-to-end solution for conversational entertainment discovery. Nuance and Rovi will provide a fully integrated conversational voice interface that ultimately delivers a personalized entertainment experience where people can speak naturally to quickly and easily find and access content.
Nuance’s leading Dragon TV voice recognition, text-to-speech and voice biometrics will be integrated with Rovi’s unique, cloud-based Conversation Services. Together, Nuance and Rovi will enable device manufacturers and service providers to offer reliable and highly scalable voice interfaces that result in fast and relevant search and recommendations. In addition, the combined offering lowers a customer’s total cost of ownership, accelerates voice services deployment, and delivers compelling user experiences.
“With so much content and so many channels to choose from, consumers want instantaneous and effortless access to their favorite video content,” said Scott Taylor, senior vice president of devices, Nuance Mobile. “Voice transforms the content discovery experience by getting people directly to the entertainment they want in just a few words. And by integrating our TV-optimized voice capabilities with Rovi’s natural language search and discovery, service providers will be able to deliver an even more personalized experience for consumers.”
Nuance’s Dragon TV gives service operators and OEMs the ability to easily integrate and deliver a seamless user experience that makes it faster and easier to find shows, programs, and On-Demand content just by speaking. Leveraging both embedded and cloud-based technologies, Dragon TV can be deeply integrated right on a remote, TV or set top box – fully customizable across more than 40 languages.
“As digital content choices continue to proliferate across various platforms, media and entertainment services are becoming increasingly competitive, and providers are seeking to enrich their offerings with features that bring the most relevant entertainment content straight to viewers,” said Michael Hawkey, senior vice president and general manager of discovery, Rovi. “Rovi’s initiative with Nuance is another step forward in driving innovation in entertainment discovery based on voice and natural conversation. Our integrated approach enables providers to quickly deploy advanced services that will further enhance a user’s entertainment experiences.”
Customers around the world work with Rovi to create personalized entertainment experiences that connect users to the content they want. Rovi Conversation Services provides a fluent, error-tolerant voice solution that delivers convenience and control exceeding today’s typical command-driven voice systems. Its next-generation conversation interfaces allow free-flowing dialogue that delivers fast and contextually relevant search results. Rovi achieves this through predictive semantic intelligence and a deep understating of entertainment within a real-world context.
Rovi Conversation Services is powered by a dynamic Knowledge Graph, which maintains semantic, real-time information on more than 100 million entertainment-related entities, like program titles, celebrity names, brands and other relevant elements. This enables Rovi to anticipate viewers’ preferences by applying a range of contextual relevance filters that take into consideration the time of day, day of week and location.
Rovi will showcase the combined Nuance and Rovi search and discovery offering, along with other discovery and monetization solutions during IBC 2015 in Stand G01, Hall 14. View Rovi’s IBC show announcements by visiting www.rovicorp.com/IBC2015.
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
About Rovi Corporation
Rovi is leading the way to a more personalized entertainment experience. The company’s pioneering guides, metadata and recommendations continue to drive program search and navigation on millions of devices across the globe. With a new generation of cloud-based discovery capabilities and emerging solutions for interactive advertising and audience analytics, Rovi is enabling premier brands worldwide to increase their reach, drive consumer satisfaction and create a better entertainment experience across multiple screens. Rovi holds over 5,000 issued or pending patents worldwide and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Discover more about Rovi at Rovicorp.com.
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