The Natural Language Understanding Consortium
Superior linguistic software for cross-platform industrial, high-tech & mass-market applications
The Natural Language Understanding Consortium (NLUC) comprises market leaders in linguistic technology featuring high-powered, versatile software solutions for six major European languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Companies requiring linguistic support for these languages will find that NLUC technology represents a quick and effective way to obtain top quality products incorporating either custom-designed or off-the-shelf software modules (like spelling checkers).
The modularity of NLUC technology makes it easy to adapt solutions to meet different customer needs, as well as speed up and simplify integration with third-party products.
Leading-edge member companies
NLUC member companies are the linguistic software leaders in their respective languages. Each NLUC member company has been on the market for years, and has developed superlative language tools for word processors and other software.
Top of the pageQuality
Hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers attest to the quality of NLUC products. In fact, because of its clear superiority over existing language tools, our linguistic technology (spelling checker, hyphenator, thesaurus, and grammar checker) was chosen by Microsoft for integration with the MS Office suite and other products.
Top of the pageInnovation and advanced technology
NLUC is the right choice for today and for tomorrow. With its superior linguistic technology, not only can NLUC provide solutions for your current language needs; it stands ready to meet future challenges as well.
Top of the pageEasy integration
NLUC technology is designed and implemented to ensure the widest possible application and portability. NLUC's various software modules are easily integrated with existing product lines, thanks to complete, standardized APIs and foolproof implementation procedures.
Top of the pageCross-platform support
NLUC products are currently available for the following operating systems:
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
- Windows CE (only a subset)
- Apple Macintosh (only a subset)
We are currently working to port our technology to Linux, EPOC and Palm OS platforms.
Top of the pageSupported languages
NLUC technology is available for the following languages:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese (both Iberian and Brazilian)
- Spanish (all variants)
