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Nuance Shutting Down Jott Voice-to-Text Service

in Mobile on April 4, 2011 at 1:58 pm PT

If you use Jott.com, you might want to jot down May 3 on your calendar. That’s the date on which Nuance is shutting down the voice-to-text service it bought a couple years back. The company has posted details on the shutdown as well as how users can download their data. Jott.com will be free for its final month, and paying customers will get refunds for any unused months.

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Applied Materials: Four-Week Austin Shutdown; Earnings Tuesday

in News on February 9, 2009 at 9:35 am PT

Applied Materials has notified workers in in Austin, Texas, plant that it will shut down manufacturing operations for four weeks starting June 8, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The newspaper said it believes the company has about 1,750 workers in Austin.