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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Why do I have to keep reinstalling the app? It randomly stops working and makes me uninstall and reinstall the chrome app for Dragon to continue working...It is good when it works, just wish it didn't stop working so much.
Two years after most of these reviews were posted, the constant Chrome extension disabling issue remains unresolved. Either Nuance couldn't care less about this in the customers annoyed by it, it's doing its best to resolve it and, years later, hasn't been able to, or the company is being shopped for acquisition. Which is it? And why, as a decades-long customer, should I care?
This product stopped working with chrome. WHY? I have removed the extension and re installed. seems to work well with office. A real pain to use with any apps on chrome. I have taken my name off their mailing list .. why would i upgrade when this doesn't work. Typing because Dragon doesn't work
Honestly I'm not sure how this app has two stars. I really wanted it to be good, I use dictation significantly, and have for over a decade, but the quality of this implementation leaves a lot to be desired. By way of example, when dictating in Google Docs, half the time the dictation does not work successfully and it passes a error message saying something along the lines of please say that again, as if the content itself has been garbled. Currently it's working, but any moment it might flip and be totally unusable regardless of any modifications of the speech. With as far into the development cycle is a software is, I would expect more. I do hope you can improve this.
Si pianta continuamente e quindi richiede la riattivazione, per il resto funziona abbastanza bene.
A trainwreck of a plug-in; very frequently crashes or silently fails in Chrome. Dictation may work for a few minutes and then stop working, inexplicably. As you can see from the many user complaints over the last two years, these issues remain unresolved.
Great when it works... Unfortunately it does not work often. Tried using it to write this review and it was not working. Have to restart often and mess with it a lot. Hope there is another alternative out there! Thoughts anyone?
It works for while and then stops working and having to use Dragon pad or DragonDictate if I reboot my computer it works for about half an hour and it stops working and using this software since the very first version and I think it's lost its way in the last year this product out there that completely free there was good as Dragon it's a shame he's to be so good and now it's just average very expensive. Can't say I can recommend any more.
Let me just join everyone else in saying, this app is awful and has been for years. Crashes constantly, slows down my work process instead of improving efficiency. Just bought the latest version of Dragon Professional, hoping this would finally be fixed. Nope. I'm constantly re-directed to the extension with the error saying the extension has been uninstalled, and Dragon freezes. Go to the app, it's still installed, just not working. With all of the negative reviews and complaints, WHY ISN'T NUANCE / DRAGON DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? The next time a new version comes out, I'm going to find another software. There has got to be something better out there.
I find it very unstable with Chrome, Firefox and Office. After persevering for 6 months I am now forced to start researching other voice to text software as the bugs in this are making it unusable.