ITEM 8.01. Other Events.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide the legal opinion of Garrison R. Smith, Esq., the Company's Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Securities, relating to the Company's prospectus supplement dated March 19, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2009.
ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

5.1 Opinion of Garrison R. Smith, Esq., Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Securities, of the Company. 23.1 Consent of Garrison R. Smith, Esq., Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Securities, of the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1).

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