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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I paid full price a year and half ago for Dragon 15 - $500. No disk available - had to be a download. Then my laptop got stolen in an armed robbery. Because they no longer have the files available for download, I had hells own mission getting the software back that I paid for. Rubbish company. Last software I will ever buy from Nuance if they don't have a major attitude change.
très énervant
Oui, c'est super pénible cette extension qui se désactive sans arrêt. C'est sûr que Nuance pourrait faire mieux, beaucoup mieux. Il y a des années que j'utilise Dragon et je ne vois pas des progrès énormes dans le logiciel. Ce sont surtout les ordinateurs qui ont évolué et qui permettent de meilleurs résultats, mais pas le logiciel. Toujours la même interface, des commandes de correction qui ne s'améliorent pas, etc. Et pourtant on passe à la caisse ! Et même pour une mise à jour.
L'extension passe son temps à se désactiver, il faut la réinstaller sans arrêt, ce n'est pas sérieux vu le prix du logiciel, faites 1 effort s'il vous plaît
It has to be one of the most fruustrating pieces of software that I have on my computer, it Should make my life easier but I spend more time adapting and correcting my work than I do using Dragon programme to type it for me. Getting any sort of support from Nuance is like getting blood from a stone, I can't even log into my account anymore as it fails to recognise my serial number. But strangely, I can download an update their website but I can't insstall it. I can spend hours tryinng to sort out these ridiculous problems Which is unacceptableespecially when you consider the cost of the programme in the first place. I haven't corrected this writing you can see the mistakes that it makes
absolutely horrible how did these people get a reputation as good software. I use the window H key 10 times more than this software now
Paid 1000 for Legal Pro 16 after using DS for 15 years. Wasted money!
Indeed, I have been on DNS version 3 to version 12 which works perfectly. And then Nuance decided to be clever and said we didn't need to do training anymore and Dragon will still be able to transcribe. The reality is that transcription accuracy dropped tremendously and no amount of training increases the accuracy as Dragon simply refuses to learn. Simple words like "She" remains "he" no matter how many times you try to train it, and likewise tons of other words. Also, it cannot transcribe alphabets which are instead transcribed as words that sound like the alphabet. Additionally, the earlier versions have a good selection of choices of similar sounding words which means I almost always have the correct word available in one of the choices. But now, the choices offered are restrictive and almost never have what I have dictated. The earlier versions also understand that we sometimes do not enunciate our words well so there are missing end consonants. Version 15 is not intelligent enough to decipher that. So unless I am deeply precise in enunciating the words, my dictation simply cannot be transcribed. So while I used to achieve 98% accuracy, now with version 15 my accuracy level is sometimes as bad as 30%, which is as good as not being able to dictate at all since I spend all my time making corrections as I am unable to do any finger typing at all. Similarly too I had also hoped that with the acquisition by Microsoft, with new funds being injected, things would change. But seems like nothing has. I am seriously considering version 16, but it appears that the reviews are also saying that it doesn't work. I really don't know what has gone wrong. How can such a great software end up in such an appalling state? Does anyone know if there is an alternative software that can work as well as the earlier versions of Dragon?
C'est franchement pénible d'être toujours interrompu.
Will not work on 19% of websites because it does not work in encapsulated DOM (https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/804) Some popular examples include: "reddit" and "microsoft co-pilot"