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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Still having problems entering text in text areas. Extremely buggy. Will have to try Firefox and see if it's any better. Deities help us if we have to use IE.
This extension does not work. Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 is a great program but this extension is crap.
It did't work properly as it should be, and it would be better if the command "Show Numbers" work with chrome.
This does not work with Google Chrome at all. You cannot dictate to Google Docs. They should not have released this until it was ready. It cannot make any corrections. What a pain in the neck.
I have used DragonDictate since its version 3. The new version 13 is extraordinary and in support of third-party browsers keeps getting better and better.
I bought the Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 13 to upgrade from version 12. Mainly because their video showed support of fulltext and browsers like Chrome and IE. I run Windows 7 64-bit. At this point version 13 does nothing different than 12 as it still brings up the Dragon Dictation box which is a real nuisance. If they get this fixed I will update and re-rate.
It doesn't seem to give actual full text input support, when inputting text to the search box, for example, it still pops up the dragon dictation box.
I had to type this manually because the extension would not work to type iit out