Dialect, LLC—a plaintiff that appears to be connected to a familiar patent monetization figure—has begun litigating a portfolio of patents originating with Voicebox Technologies (acquired in 2018 by Nuance Communications) with a suit against Samsung (2:23-cv-00061) in the Eastern District of Texas. The nine asserted patents, each appearing in litigation for the first time, are broadly directed to processing and responding to “natural language” inputs. Samsung is accused of infringement through the provision of devices (i.e., Internet of Things devices, smartphones, tablets, and wearables) that incorporate voice-recognition software services, including the Samsung Bixby platform. At issue are features related to speech processing and recognition.