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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This is a company that seems to invest virtually no money in research and development to improve its product, but continually comes out with upgrades which are ridiculously expensive and sometimes even required.If you have a good microphone and train the software properly it works pretty well. Let's stop with the continued need for expensive upgrades.
works only infrequently
isn't this extension suppose to give full command control?
Does not even open
It does not work with Chrome! They have an extension that is completely useless. There seems to be no attempt to correct it.
As others have said I keep having to reinstall or rather re-enable the web extension every time I open chrome. This seems pretty much pointless and just adds more frustration to the whole process. A company like Nuance should have the very basics ironed out prior to release to the public. Once re-enabled however; I am able to dictate which I am doing so in this review.
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I can't even get the Dragonbar to show up on my Chromebook. Cannot find it at all. Dragon is installed, and the extension is enabled. I even tried restarting the computer. I give up. Just not worth the trouble.
I just upgraded and now the web ext wont work. It says it is added but it also tells me it is disabled yet I also can not uninstall it to fix the issue
Funktioniert jetzt endlich auch und wird auch nicht mehr schwarzes Bild des Browsers. Lediglich bei Facebook ist mir aufgefallen, wenn man anfängt zu sprechen geht kein Diktierfenster auf sondern die Seite ist rollt nach oben. Man kann sich dann nur helfen indem man Diktierfenster aufruft. Was bei Google mit direkter Sprachangabe funktioniert, ist bei Firefox nur mit Aufrufen des Diktierfensters möglich und ebenso bei Windows, aber vielleicht schafft ihr es auch dort Drachen mit einzubinden.