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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Nothing to review it does not work at all.
Buggy. Does not work well with Facebook chat.
constantly dying. Nasty unreliable. Moves text around arbitrarily. Utterly useless POC. DOES ANYONE AT NUANCE CARE?????
Frustrating, it starts and stops routinely. I do not think Chrome plays nice with certain extensions.... Random stopping and starting frustrates the utility of Dragon NaturallySpeaking which is otherwise a most excellent program and resource.
Come on Nuance! Fix this web extension for Chrome and Firefox. It never works – ever. Every time I surf the Internet I am reminded that for some reason, my browser thinks that the web extension is not installed, when it is clearly there in the list of add-ons, but just doesn't work. This really needs fixing as a matter of urgency. It's time IT companies like you offered better customer service, rather than platforms for grumpy customers like me to wonder who else has the problem, whilst nobody every gets it fixed. Just not good enough. The Dragon Program is fine, but it's integration with commands and dictation on the web is non-existent.
non si avvia
This extension literally did nothing when I tried it. For browsing the web using Dragon, the Safari extension did work, although it's a bit unreliable. With Chrome, I eventually solved the problem with the extension Vimium, which lets you control Chrome with the keyboard. You can then use Dragon with those keyboard shortcuts. I hope this helps somebody.
It's not clear what this does. It lets you dictate at least the commands "click <link name>" and the browser will then click that link. Please note that it is broken, and does not work in many textboxes. You need to dictate into a TEXT window then cut and paste it into Chrome. (Although ironically it is working in this text box.) Nuance will not fix this. They have not fixed this in years. And unfortunately the windows transcription system is much worse than Nuance. So, Nuance is still the best game in town even though it has this critical bug.
Dragon does not work with the search bar. Also there are many areas while web browsing that Dragon does not work with.
As you see with many other reviews, every time you remove chrome from your screen or restart your computer's the web extension simply disappears. Occasionally, it goes away on a random basis. When is working it works. When it is not it is almost like a random letter generator. It stopped working completely now. If anyone's reading this, you need to check out Windows 10 new speech generator. It is getting closer to Dragon all the time and it is free.