Nuance, Will You Turn On the TV for Me?

Nuance, which makes voice-recognition technology, said today that it is powering the voice-control features in Samsung’s 2012 line of Internet-connected TVs. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Samsung showed off how its “smart” TV’s respond to voice commands to power-on, change channels, browse the Web and talk on Skype. Nuance has gotten a boost over the past year due to hype surrounding the iPhone 4S’s Siri, though it reported disappointing first-quarter earnings due to complex mobile relationships and delayed revenue.