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0001193125-17-069827.txt : 20170606 0001193125-17-069827.hdr.sgml : 20170606 20170303162856 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-069827 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170303 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nuance Communications, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001002517 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 943156479 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 WAYSIDE ROAD CITY: BURLINGTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01803 BUSINESS PHONE: 781-565-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 WAYSIDE ROAD CITY: BURLINGTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01803 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCANSOFT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990312 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VISIONEER INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951020 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP

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March 3, 2017

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Mail Stop 4561

Attention:

Christine Dietz

Stephen Krikorian

Barbara C. Jacobs

Ji Shin

Laura Veator

Re:

Nuance Communications, Inc.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016

Filed November 22, 2016

Form 8-K furnished on November 17, 2016

File No. 001-36056

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Nuance Communications, Inc. (the “Company”), this letter is to confirm that the Company has received comments from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by letter dated February 2, 2017, relating to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 filed with the Commission on November 22, 2016 and the Company’s current report on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission on November 17, 2016. The Company is nearly completed preparing its response and requires additional time to research certain responses and review its proposed responses internally with certain members of the Company’s management and with its outside counsel and independent public accounting firm. The Company expects to have the response completed on or before March 10, 2017.

Please direct your questions or comments regarding the Company’s response to the undersigned at (781) 565-5000. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

/s/ Kenneth M. Siegel

Kenneth M. Siegel

Chief Legal Officer

cc:	Paul Ricci, Nuance Communications, Inc.

Daniel Tempesta, Nuance Communications, Inc.

Robert D. Sanchez, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation

Michael C. Labriola, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation

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