Updated review: it’s actually good
I originally hated this. But then I tried every other app imaginable. This one is far superior and with a bit of training you can write really good notes really easily. You need to train a few key words you use. And if you’re in a noisy area just speak into your phone microphone don’t use headphones. It’s the only app I’ve found that lets you train a large vocab, allows you to do big autotexts, allows you to spell out words without bugs, and format with more options. Office word misspells heaps of words and drives me nuts. iOS isn’t bad at all but you can train or add to the vocabulary in the same way as you can with this app. My only request is that you could import a list of words. For some reason I can’t do that despite following their instructions. It has sped up my practice enormously and my notes are far better than they ever have been. Give it a bit of time and you’ll find it to be quite good!!
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Problems tapping menu
Not sure what has happened to the software since May, but now on my iPhone, when I tap the menu on the top left, the menu does not show up, many of the buttons disappear and the text makes an odd shift to the right. It all works ok in landscape though. I’ve updated software, deleted and reinstalled, etc. but there seems to be a glitch now. Not recommend until this glitch is fixed. I’ve used this app for over 6 years daily.
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Dictation quality is great, but…
I really love the actual dictation part of this app, from the accuracy to how customizable it is. However, every single time I try to send my work to Dropbox, a message pops up saying that something went wrong and I have to go into settings, unlink from Dropbox, and then reconnect the app to dropbox, which requires signing in all over again. I also get a message telling me that sending it in email as an attachment or otherwise will not work and to check my email in settings, which I do every time and it is set up properly but it will not send. In other words, I can dictate all I want into this app but no export feature is working. I feel like I just threw $150 away. I will be calling support on Monday but I don’t have high hopes for a refund. As other reviews are saying, this app could be amazing but there are far too many glitches.
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your experience. The issue you are highlighting is related to a dependency with a third party, and we expect to have this resolved in our next release, which will be available soon. In addition, you can also choose “Share document” from the Share menu in the top right, where you can export your document to an app of your choosing. For further questions, please contact Dragon Anywhere Technical Support (free for subscribers) at 770-702-6014.
Surprised how poor this is
Having been a Dragon Dictate user for Windows for a few years I was surprised how dreadful the quality of transcription was on both IPhone and on iPad. It doesn’t integrate with other apps but that is a minor point in comparison.
Good product but glitches
I’ve used this app for over four years and have encountered two glitches - one where I am told my account doesn’t exist and requires me to restore my purchase, and another where it stops sending my dictation over email. The latter is about to be a dealbreaker for me, because I now have to cut and paste into a separate app and cannot login to nuance for assistance since I purchased through the App Store.
There have also been surprisingly few upgrades over the years, at least ones noticeable to me. I think the app is ready for a refresh, and I hope this brand will live up to its reputation for being the best dictation platform.
There have also been surprisingly few upgrades over the years, at least ones noticeable to me. I think the app is ready for a refresh, and I hope this brand will live up to its reputation for being the best dictation platform.
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Total Waste of Money and Effort!
I have been using Dragon Naturally Speaking for the best part of 20 years. As the years rolled by it proved more and more accurate and therefore useful. So I had high hopes for it's mobile phone version.
Unfortunately, I have been bitterly disappointed. Not only does it find it possible to accurately turn a single sentence into text always getting at least one word wrong and frequently more. The mistakes don't even sound similar enough to understand the mistake.
The negatives don't stop there. Whilst its relatively easy to correct mistakes due to being offered reasonable alternatives this comes up with the most bizarre suggestions!
Please don't waste your money on this infuriating and useless app!
Unfortunately, I have been bitterly disappointed. Not only does it find it possible to accurately turn a single sentence into text always getting at least one word wrong and frequently more. The mistakes don't even sound similar enough to understand the mistake.
The negatives don't stop there. Whilst its relatively easy to correct mistakes due to being offered reasonable alternatives this comes up with the most bizarre suggestions!
Please don't waste your money on this infuriating and useless app!
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Does NOT support folk with accents
I have lived in United States for over 30 years but was originally from New Zealand. I have a very light New Zealand accent. Dragon dictation software is easily the worst dictation program I have ever used; even Apple does a better job of understanding accents than dragon. After using dragon for several months, I can say with confidence that it has never accurately completed a single sentence of my speech. Apple and other dictation programs are far superior to Dragon. If you have a flat nasal Midwest accent, congratulations - dragon is for you. If you have any other accent at all, good luck! very disappointed and dragons lack of acuity to accents, diversity
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Terrible
Terrible!! I can’t even use it This software is supposed to make your life easy not complicated. Just make it easy user friendly We are not in 19th century. Lost my money and time and I can’t even use the software after I followed the instruction
Response from developer
We’re sorry to hear about your experience, and would like to help you dictate as soon as possible. For further assistance, please contact Dragon Anywhere Technical Support (free for subscribers) at (001) 514 228 9199, or email us directly at ios-apps-admin@nuance.com.
Cannot login. These issues are completely unacceptable.
Thought I’d try Dragon Anywhere. Before I could even get started, the app got caught in a death loop. App failed with an error that said I had no Internet…right after I downloaded it with 5G. It still took my subscription and payment information, but wouldn’t let me log in or reset password, despite numerous attempts. This is completely unacceptable. No f-ing way I would trust this company with a paid subscription. By the way, I’m dictating this review using my iPhone. Goodbye Dragon!
Update: I should NEVER have to phone a call centre just to login for the first time. To the developer: Please fix your tech!
Update: I should NEVER have to phone a call centre just to login for the first time. To the developer: Please fix your tech!
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Response from developer
We’re sorry to hear about your experience, and would like to help you log in as soon as possible. Please contact Dragon Anywhere Technical Support at (001) 514 228 9199 or email us directly at ios-apps-admin@nuance.com, and we will be sure to assist you.
Don’t bother
You can’t even reset your password properly in order to log in to give them money. It is absolute garbage and I do not understand why they decided to do business this way. A lot of their clients have issues with mobility and their response is to charge them 200 a year for nothing. I really wish there was an alternative. It is amazing I cannot even use MY OWN account to use their even worse product.
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Response from developer
We’re sorry to hear about your experience, and would like to help you log in as soon as possible. For further assistance, please contact Dragon Anywhere Technical Support (free for subscribers) at (001) 514 228 9199, or email us directly at ios-apps-admin@nuance.com.
