What to do about Dragon for Mac being discontinued, and not being supported on Mojave?

I've had precisely the same problem. Updated to Mojave and now vital commands such as 'Scratch that' and 'Choose' from a list of alternative spellings no longer work.

Contacted Nuance who told me I shouldn't have update. It would have been nice if they'd emailed their customer base to warn them.

As to no longer supporting Mac - well when you click on the Mac icon on the UK site they offer Dragon Professional individual. Only when reading the detail do you discover this is aimed at PC users. So why show it in the Mac section we must ask?

I notice there are a number of replies here referring to disc-splitting etc. The problem is that is great for the technically inclined and the brave but not for the likes of me I'm afraid.

I totally agree with you anorak319

Being a long-term faithful customer of both Nuance and Apple I'm really disappointed that nothing is being done, so far as we are aware.

You would think that Apple would, as most of their hardware and software is so good, update there inbuilt dictation. Why do they offer something of poor quality?

Also Nuance have a responsibility and not just leaving people in the lurch.

Poor customer service for both Apple and Nuance.

I agree with "To EVERYONE listening, Please contact Apple and suggest they take over the development of the Dragon for Mac software. Apple needs to take the lead and make it a viable product for Business, Professionals and the handicapped which they have so long touted as one of their hallmarks."

Based on what I know only as a consumer and through media about Apple, they really tend to not listen to lay consumers when it comes to product development. This, as I understand, is a hallmark of Steve Jobs. He simply had a hunch about what consumers would like and he created products based off his hunches. I suspect his personality in this regard is enshrined as Apple culture. Additionally, Apple is starting to hurt in product and software development now that Steve's legacy is becoming more historical each passing year.

My pessimism said, I am all for requesting Apple to acquire Dragon for Mac from Nuance. I think if Apple allows its engineers to take over the app, it will rock. HOWEVER, again, more pessimism here since Dragon for Mac competes with Siri and cloud-based voice recognition systems. In short. While I support and if somebody tells me to whom I should write, I doubt we will see Dragon become an Apple product. We Dragon fans will have to find a different benevolent benefactor wanting to go through the hoops and hurdles to acquire the license and codes from Nuance and sustain our beloved voice-to-text and voice-navigation app.

You make some very good points Rezguy but I suspect the chances of Apple getting involved are around zero.

Many people have been urging them to make an Apple specific ergonomic keyboard for years. Yet there’s never been a whisper of that happening.

I had a shoulder operation a few years ago and since then have used the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard. Would love to have an Apple one but I can’t ever see it happening.

On the previous iterations of the Mac operating system Dragon only performed in part. I could dictate but not amend or edit using voice commands. I was resigned to the fact that when I upgraded to Mohave I would lose the dictation software utility or at best might be able to dictate but not edit. Miraculously, this has not been the case. I now have almost full functionality. So I can give voice commands to edit from the correction window et cetera.

Now I am dictating with Dragon into this window. When I go into a new application the computer asks for permission and I have to enter my logon password. To explain this all I can say is that I'm using a Plantronic's Bluetooth microphone with one of their dongles. Previously, to get this to work I have taken off most of the profiles and using the new operating system created a new profile with exactly the same microphone. I didn't have to do this this time. I don't know why yours is not working but if you haven't tried already and I know it's a bit late in the day, you might like to put on a new profile using the same microphone. All I cab say is the functionality seems to be a lot better but I might just be very lucky! I'm hesitating to say too much about this because it may all go pear-shaped. But I thought it was only fair to mention my experience in the hope that it helps someone else!

FWIW, Apple cannot force Nuance to support macOS. Nor is it reasonable for Apple to freeze macOS forever so Dragon for Mac will continue to run. It's unfortunate but these things happen.

Mike can you dictate into an OSX application using Parallels? Or do you need to dictate into a windows app?

Wayne