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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It tends to stop working and needs reloading. Its very annoying and finnicky.
nicht verlässlich und ich glaube, diese Erweiterung ist schlampig von NUACE geschrieben.
Chrome is constantly closing the program numerous times a day.
Routinely fails, at least daily. Crashes or claims it needs to be reinstalled.
I use this extension at least for two six hours a day and I don't think I can get along without it! Awesome app!
Doesn't work consistently.
doesn't work
It does not always find fields further down the page. I have to dedicate on the first field, delete that and then type into the second field again.
Not working properly. The adobe add-in has stopped working too.
Katastrophal, so diesen update funktioniert es bei Chrome ja überhaupt nicht-Updated: February 2, 2018 Bei mir nach ca. halben Stunde oder Stunde stoppt es einfach mit dem Diktieren und ich muss auf dem Internet Explorer weitermachen ,dort geht es reibungslos und einwandfrei,es ist ja wirklich zum heulen das ganze hier mit diesen Dragon, sind die Leute einfach unfähig oder was ist los warum funktioniert es einfach nicht? So ein extrem teures Produkt und man kann es nicht anständig benutzen auf Chrome! Wie gesagt, auf Internet Explorer funktioniert es tadellos und stürzt nicht ab (bin total enttäuscht von dieser Funktion)