Today Nuance the makers of the widely used Dragon speech recognition software for Windows, Mac systems, iOS and Android devices has announced that they have now added text-to-speech support for Windows Phone 7 within their SDK available through the NDEV Mobile developer program.

"Our renowned Dragon Mobile SDK is easy-to-integrate and accessible to anyone and everyone interested in enhancing their applications with speech-input and text-to-speech solutions.”

The developer program NDEV Mobile is broken into three tiers: Silver, Gold, and Emerald : NDEV Silver is the base level providing devs free access to Nuance’s text-to-speech and voice recognition technology : NDEV Gold service provides access to SSL data encryption and a web services interface through per-user or per-transaction pricing models : NDEV Emerald provides integrated custom vocabulary and grammar and dedicated account management.

The Dragon Mobile SDK is also available through the Nuance Mobile Developer Program for Apple iOS 4.0 (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch) and for many devices running Android 2.1 and higher.

Source: Nuance : Engadget