Long Term Debt - Additional Information (Details) - Credit Agreement		3 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Pledge equity interests in foreign subsidiaries	65.00%
Principal payments commencement date	Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument, interest rate description		Interest accrues on outstanding borrowings under the Senior Facilities at a rate of either a base rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 5.00% or a LIBOR rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 6.00%.
Debt instrument, covenant description		The Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants customary for financings of this type that, among other things, limit our and our subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness or liens, to dispose of assets, to make certain fundamental changes, to designate subsidiaries as unrestricted, to make certain investments, to prepay certain indebtedness and to pay dividends, or to make other distributions or redemptions/repurchases, in respect of our and our subsidiaries’ equity interests. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains a financial covenant requiring the maintenance of a net first lien leverage ratio of not greater than 6.00 to 1.00. The Credit Agreement also contains events of default customary for financings of this type, including certain customary change of control events.
Debt instrument, covenant compliance		As of December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with the Credit Agreement covenants.
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
First lien leverage ratio	6.00
Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, basis spread on variable rate	6.00%
Five-year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	5 years
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 270,000,000
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity for cash distribution/cash flow needs	$ 110,000,000
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic principal payments		quarterly
Debt instrument periodic payments equivalent percentage of annual amount on original principal amount during first two years	3.50%
Debt instrument periodic payments equivalent percentage of annual amount on original principal amount after two years	10.00%
Interest expense		$ 6,800,000
Debt instrument, prepayment premium percentage	1.00%
Five-year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility \| Nuance Communications Inc,
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity for cash distribution/cash flow needs	$ 153,000,000
54-month Senior Secured First-lien Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	54 months
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 75,000,000
Outstanding amount under credit facility		$ 0

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States whether the entity was in compliance with the debt covenants throughout the reporting period, and describes facts and circumstances of any compliance failure.

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