Microsoft Settles Copyright Suit Over Voice-to-Text Software

Microsoft Corp. and subsidiary Nuance Communications Inc. settled a copyright lawsuit brought by a spin-off alleging they kept using text-to-speech software after their license expired.

Cerence Inc., spun off from Nuance in 2019, entered into an agreement in principle to settle its suit against Microsoft, a joint status report filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware said. The parties expect to finalize the agreement within 30 to 45 days, they told the court. They also asked for a 60-day deadline in the filing, which didn’t provide details of the pact.

• The May 2025 suit said …