Dragon Dictation started as speech recognition application for Apple's iOS platforms, including iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The app provided automatic speech-to-text capabilities. It was developed by Nuance Communications, and released in December 2009 as a free app. It is now commonly found licensed in vehicle infotainment systems and healthcare equipment. In July 2010, Nuance reported that there had been 3.7 million downloads of their iPhone apps, and Dragon Dictation ranked as the number one business productivity app in Apple's iTunes App Store.