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competes with Adobe, M*Modal, Microsoft and Google. Significant Events In January 2013, Nuance Communications, Inc. and ZTE Corp. announced a multi-year collaboration where Nuance's voice capabilities would be integrated as part of a new portfolio of ZTE Android devices worldwide. In April 2013, Servion Global Solutions announced a new partnership with Nuance Communications, Inc., aimed at delivering price-competitive customer self-service solutions for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB). In April 2013, Nuance Communications, Inc. announced its strategic collaboration with AutoNavi to bring more intuitive voice-enabled navigation capabilities to the Chinese market. Specifically, the two companies would collaborate on the voice-enabled navigation product AutoNavi Map that would be made available in the second quarter of 2013 to the world's automotive and navigation device manufacturers developing navigation offerings supporting Chinese languages. History Nuance Communications, Inc. was founded in 1992. The company was incorporated in 1992 as Visioneer, Inc. under the laws of the state of Delaware. In 1999, it changed its name to ScanSoft, Inc. and in 2005 to Nuance Communications, Inc.