No Dragon for Mac nor Enhanced Dictation

Did you dictate directly into Safari? I've never been able to do that on any version as the correction window won't appear.

See if you can edit in Textedit I've found that to be the best program for Dragon.

I just received this reply from their tech here in the UK.

Thank you for contacting Nuance Technical Support.

Thank you for the information you provided.

After checking the Office version you have, I spoke with my supervisor. He told me that Dragon it is not compatible with the Office version you have.

That is why Dragon cannot work properly in Word. I would recommend you to update your Office version to 2011 or 2013.

Or you can use another program to dictate and then copy and paste it on Word

If this is true, should make it clear advertisements. As upgrading is likely to cost a packet!However, I don't really believe this. Is anyone working with Office version 2011 or 2013? Finally, he doesn't take on the issue of it not working in Pages, which I asked him about. My feeling is that they are ducking and diving on this one. Very unsatisfactory to say the least.

I too am severely physically disabled and rely upon my Dragon Dictate for virtually all my communications, and only occasionally use an on-screen keyboard when I have trouble breathing enough to make my voice suitable for dictation. This is a very slow and laborious way of doing things. I know that Apple are going to suggest that it's not their problem, it is Nuance and their duty to ensure that there is sufficiently secure et cetera to work with High Sierra. In the meanwhile, I am left with either trying to use a very rubbishy Apple dictation, or am now having to hunt for other email client so that I can actually write emails in again. I really am quite angry, and will probably have to call support to work out how I can rollback without having to use a data backup, as that would be equally as laborious and annoying.

I thought it was only Microsoft who pulled this kind of stunt, and am really quite upset with Apple, with whom I have been a loyal customer, and have argued against their expense citing the quality of their product as the offset, although I am really not in a position to be able to afford their product that easily. Now I just feel duped. Gutted, and am having to write this on a simple text file so that I can copy and paste it over to the window of my Firefox browser – which has also decided to not support access controls. How marvellous, all the products I trusted have just suddenly turned their back on their support for us very large, but apparently, minority.

It's working ok for me, not as good as Dragon. But every time i pause in the middle of a sentence it resumes with a new sentence with no space and a cap letter. Example: I went to the beach withMy dog and my sister. Any ideas?

This also happened to me after the High Sierra update. Reinstall does not work.

I've spent way too many hours finding a workaround, and as far as I know, all of the suggestions do not work.

Accessibility, including Dictation is essential for those of us that are differently abled. It's a very reasonable accommodation, and for Apple to completely ignore this problem is completely inhumane. 😮

How can we get Apple to take accessibility seriously? Any ideas?

Thanks,

C.

Nuance fail to respond to anything, other than shutting down their user forums because of all the complaints! One of the worst companies around, only interested in selling more software not fixing any problems. It is sad that they are the only option especially when so many disabled users rely upon them. Good luck with your refund, let us know if you get it or if they indicate when a fully operational version will be released.

Great! Text edit works a treat. But it was working with Word and Pages before I ungraded to Sierra, so it should work them, as well as Mail. I will try new profile later but don't hold much hope as I can't see it helping with other commands. I'll just have for Nuance to admit the **** thing doesn't work with High Sierra and fix it. Thanks very much.

You have more function than I have ever had in Safari in any version, Chrome works ok but my dwell click software doesn't aagghh! Textedit is lacking in features but I copy/paste as I have head movement to use a mouse.

Yes, for some reason Dragon has worked for me in Safari almost always. I haven’t tried Chrome before but it doesn’t seem to work in Firefox. It’s just quirky I guess. I am lucky enough to have partial arm and wrist movement and am able to copy and paste that way.

Getting this Dragon software to work correctly should be a very high priority for them. Especially considering how much it cost!

Has anyone had similar experiences with enhanced dictation

Well, I don't have Dragon for the Mac, but Enhanced Dictation works just fine, am using it right now.

I have the same issue since I upgraded to High Sierra. Anyone got an idea about how to sort this? I am also someone who relies on having a voice-text programme.

It is extremely slow and terribly inaccurate in Word. Doesn't cut ('scratch that') in either Word or Pages. Frequently goes haywire and opens other applications.

Thanks for the positive feedback. Can you explain what the fix was?

I'm still using Sierra, but neither Enhanced Dictation nor Dragon for Mac ever worked for me.

Dragon Professional for Mac v6.08 - Dragon Interface continues to complain that program will not run properly with MacOS 10.13.2 High Sierra. Suggestions (other than roll back to OS 10.12?).