AI product readChrome companion extension for Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software, bridging Dragon's voice command capabilities to the Chrome browser via native messaging
Dragon NaturallySpeaking's built-in browser support cannot directly interact with modern web pages in Chrome. This extension enables Dragon users to use voice commands (clicking elements by name, dictating/editing text) within Chrome, including support for Google Docs and specialized web applications.
1) User installs Dragon NaturallySpeaking desktop software (v13+) and the Chrome extension. 2) The extension injects content scripts into all web pages. 3) When Dragon is running, the extension's background service worker connects to Dragon via Chrome native messaging (com.nuance.dgnria). 4) Voice commands spoken to Dragon are relayed through the native messaging host to the extension, which then parses the DOM, identifies clickable elements and editable fields, and executes the requested actions (click, dictate, edit) on the page.
Voice-activated clicking of web page elements by name (e.g. 'Click Contact')Enhanced dictation and text editing in web pagesGoogle Docs voice integration (direct and indirect modes)DOM tracking and automation for interactive web elementsShadow DOM support for modern web componentsSpecialized support for medical software (Meditech, Onco)
- Target users
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking users (version 13+) who browse the web with Chrome / Professionals requiring hands-free web navigation and text input / Medical professionals using Dragon with web-based clinical applications
- Cannot inspect the native messaging host (com.nuance.dgnria) code or Dragon desktop application to verify full feature requirements
- Cannot confirm whether Dragon NaturallySpeaking itself requires a Nuance account or activation key beyond the initial software purchase
MonetizationNo paid features detected
The extension itself contains no payment logic, subscription checks, premium feature gating, billing APIs, or upgrade UI. Searches for premium, subscription, license, upgrade, payment, and purchase returned zero matches. Dragon NaturallySpeaking itself is a paid desktop product, but the extension does not gate or manage those paid features — it is a free companion that bridges Dragon to Chrome.
- Confidence
- 90
- Payment platform
- --
- Source
- AI / High
- Login required
- No
- Reason
- The extension is a local bridge between Chrome and the Dragon NaturallySpeaking desktop application. It communicates via Chrome's native messaging API (chrome.runtime.connectNative('com.nuance.dgnria')) — no login UI, no authentication flow, no account creation is implemented in the extension itself. The keyword hits for 'login' and 'auth' are all false positives from @author comments and commented-out debug logging strings.
PublisherNuance Communications, Inc.
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
- Phone
- +1-857-214-6311
- Address
- 1 Wayside Rd
Burlington, MA 01803-4609
US
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WE ALL CERTAIINLY SHOULD GT OUR MONEY BACK AND THEY SHOUD BE REPORTED TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. I AM DISABLED, have usesd dragon profession since graduate school and am typing with 1 finger becaused it has locked in both dragon pad and dictation box. i Paid 150$ and they ave ruined my productivity. i think we should report them to better busiesss. 3 techs have just put on this etension and as you all KNOW TOO WELL, it LASTS FR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
Works, but keeps getting disabled and you have to reinstall it repeatedly. I wish I knew a fix for this.
This plug-in drives me up the wall with it's constant integration issues. I am endlessly having to restart Dragon and Google Chrome to try get the 2 programs working with each other. It really boggles the mind that Nuance haven't addressed these issues. I last used the program in 2018 & now I'm back to using it in 2020 and nothing has improved. What we need is a good competitor in the marketplace to put some pressure on Nuance to get their software working reliably and integrating.
Incredibly frustrating. This should be a really good and useful product. The problem is that it isn’t. In fact, it is not even close. It simply stops working constantly. This means you can be in the middle of dictating something online, trying to search on Google, or trying to use social media, and it simply stops. For example, I cannot write this review using the Dragon extension, because it is not working. There is an excellent irony in this. I simply cannot believe that a product that is this expensive has an extension to a web browser which is as poor and inconsistent as this. It is the same problem with Firefox too. When it works, it is excellent, but really that’s 2% of the time. Really poor performance from Nuance. Note: it was updated on July 16. I am writing this review on July 18. There is literally no difference.
I'm having the same problems that many users have expressed. Why hasn't Dragon fixed the problem? It basically works intermittently and I end up using Dragon Pad which is not bad but an extra step that I should not have to use. Mike Hemming
Works properly less than 5% of the time. Thanks guys!
This NEVER works. Ive tried upgrading 3 times over the last few years and its always one glitch after another. I spend more time trying to get the program to work than if I had just typed everything out. Works when it wants to. Wont work with google chrome anymore, freezes with word and excel. Frustrating.
funktioniert einwandfrei. Dragon Legal Version 15.
I have invested in the Dragon at least six times over the last fifteen years or so. Always with good results until this one! Not only is this one undependable but, it costs more than any other Dragon before this! As a matter fact, when I went back to return this Dragon because I did not want to I was told that there is no refund on the Dragon! I have actually referred this have a lot of my friends who have bought it in the past but after this last experience that won't happen. I feel like I deserve to have gotten refund or somebody would've worked on the Dragon for me! I haven't registered it and I've had it for eight months but I am so upset about its lack of ability to perform that I don't want to bother registering it.
I have to reinstall it every few days.