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 October 6, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 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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