Tag: Dragon

Dragon crashes or does not allow full text control in Windows XP

Problem Dragon crashes, freezes or more commonly does not allow full text control and commands in Office applications. You will see that the Green light or tick on the Dragon bar is not lit even in Office applications where it should be indicating that Dragon does not have full control. Cause This is due to… Continue reading Dragon crashes or does not allow full text control in Windows XP

The speech engine returned the following error: 164 when opening Dragon

Problem When opening Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the following error appears: “The speech engine returned the following error: 164” Cause The Dragon profile you are trying to use is corrupted and no longer useable. Solution Delete the corrupted account & create a new account by following the steps below: Launch Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Click on Profile. Click on Manage… Continue reading The speech engine returned the following error: 164 when opening Dragon

Dragon Dictate Error when using Vocabulary Training

Problem When using the Vocabulary Training feature in Dragon Dictate, the application crashes when choosing a Word document. Solution At the time of writing, Dragon Dictate will give this error if you open a .docx file. Nuance are currently working on an update. As a workaround, do the following: Open your Word document. Click File -> Save… Continue reading Dragon Dictate Error when using Vocabulary Training

Find out your Dragon NaturallySpeaking serial number

To find out the serial number of your version of Dragon Naturally Speaking once it’s installed: Option 1 Open the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software. Click “Help” on the Dragon menu bar and click “About NaturallySpeaking…” The window that opens will contain details of Dragon NaturallySpeaking including your serial number.                   Option… Continue reading Find out your Dragon NaturallySpeaking serial number