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Dragon Anywhere Negative Reviews

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Dragon Anywhere App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2023

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Dragon Anywhere for Negative User Reviews

Password Screen Enforces Weak PasswordCan’t speak for the software itself yet as I’m still fighting the archaic sign up process. It’s not possible during signup to copy and paste or auto fill from a password manager and won’t allow long passwords. As a result, you’re encouraged to use a password that’s short and easy enough to both remember and type in manually multiple times during the signup process when you are inevitably kicked back to the start for trying to use a random long password..Version: 1.91

Poor setup experience and outputYou are asked to create a password and enter it twice. After I did that, it then decided to tell me the password rules. Is this meant to be a guessing game? And then I couldn't edit the 16 character password I'd created - I had yo start over. After doing all that it then asks you to login and enter your password. How lazy are your programmers and ux team? The transcription is clearly very poor. It inserts advertising text you did not say. It spams your actual dictation by appending an advertisement... which you have to delete. This is not a serious product and the advertised functionality is misleading..Version: 1.80

SCAM. Beyond horrible...Trial doesn’t workI made the basic account, and after signing up for the trial which will auto renew the app started up. Return Then you touch the microphone and it will say retrieving subscription information. Then it said something about my subscription being made in Europe (nope)... and popped up a dialogue with a box same to get help. Clicking that box brings you to a website that doesn’t help you. Eventually called voice. The person started taking my information and wanting my phone number and seemed clueless what we were even talking about and I realized this was a dead app..Version: 1.86

Complete DisasterTook 3 times longer to do anything. Opening the document into word didn’t properly maintain forMatting , meaning I had to copy and paste it each time and then remove formatting to fix it. Doesn’t integrate right into word, so you have to constantly move from Dropbox etc. to where you want it to go. Once you export it as a word doc it deleted the file from the app itself. Giving it directions only worked like have the time. Things like backspace key, undo etc. often didn’t work. When you say next paragraph it actually skips two lines, which is annoying. You can’t dictate and type simultaneously. It’s an app with so much potential that completely falls short of helping. It truly took 3 times longer. No spellcheck or auto punctuation. Of all dictation software, this was the worst I’ve used. DO NOT BUY OR USE..Version: 1.83

One star until I can manage to loginI’m giving this app one star until I can actually login. The system tells me that my password is incorrect. No problem, I’ll just reset my password. The issue, however, is that I am not receiving the email to reset my password. I am 100% sure it is the email I used to purchase the product. For $300 I feel like I’ve purchased a product that shouldn’t be in version 15 as products that are this deep into version numbers don’t have the deep issues the dragon speech comes with. So far I feel like a good value for this product is $150 not $300. This issue of not being able to log into dragon anywhere is just the cherry on the top.Version: 1.83

Log in issuesI paid my annual subscription fee, downloaded the app and then could not even log in. After 3 weeks of no action from Nuance, I have requested a refund..Version: 1.81

It’s as if you don’t want my money!!Just won’t let me log in, no matter what. I have tried all of the technical support options, reloaded countless times and upset my whole phone by changing my iTunes password and still nothing. Wanted it to work, was willing to pay for it to work. But it just won’t let me log in! I have had to start using a lesser product that actually lets me log in, Shame!.Version: 1.83

Barely worksThe dictation is fine. But the app is a bug riddled mess. I linked it to my Dropbox and all my documents disappeared from Dragon Dictate. Well, the files were in my Dropbox folder, but they were not able to be opened again in Dragon Anywhere. I tried linking to my Evernote. That did not work either. In fact, using the “sign in with Google” option returns an error message. So I couldn’t link my Dragon Anywhere and Dropbox accounts. Nuance has been around a looooonnnng time. You’d think they’d have this figured out by now. But they don’t. I want to use Dragon Anywhere. But I am afraid my files are gonna get deleted or I won’t be able to open them. This app is so full of bugs that it’s a wonder Nuance stays in business. I will never pay $300 for the desktop version of Dragon, because Dragon Anywhere has made me afraid of how broken I imagine it to be..Version: 1.86

BuggyVery buggy. Typing patients names as title can take minutes. Dictation is okay.Version: 1.91

Terrible productDoes not work. Will jot record words effectively. Impossible to cancel and get a refund. Customer service is non existent. If not for it being an approved big tech firm I would assume this was a scam.Version: 1.91

Don’t buy as this version is faulty.The current version is faulty as it charges you for a subscription and allows you to set up a log in within the app but before you can dictate it asks for your Apple ID to check the subscription. The problem is that you enter this and it doesn’t recognise it even though it’s correct. You can therefore not progress any further and it doesn’t work. Even uninstalling and reinstalling the app doesn’t help. And there the apple App Store can’t help either..Version: 1.5

Still problematic with absolutely no supportStill not ready, do not subscribe still problematic and doesn't seem to work with the new iPads. The real issue is your on your own there is no technical support whatsoever I had subscribed for a year prior and the program was buggy problematic I saw that they did upgrade recently and I decided to give it another shot. Right out of the gate did not work on my iPad. There is no help or support which is not acceptable. It's bad enough this is this is an expensive monthly fee which would be more tolerated if it work on all your devices The phone app work pretty well but what good is it if it doesn't work on all your devices I would say do not get this application The desktop version works great this app besides being too expensive does not live up to the reputation. For the iPad there's an app dictate Pro-version that works very well and for your iPhone voice texting deluxe works extremely well as alternate solutions. Hopefully someday Nuance will get it right and come down in price especially for people who have the desktop version. And how about some support, some technical support for their apps.Version: 1.72

Simply horrible and can’t get the 150$ to work!Updated March 2021: I called and called and emailed. I never got the app to work. Apple couldn’t refund me, the developer said it would talk to a supervisor but they NEVER got back to me after dozens of messages. They just took my money (150$!!!) and delivered nothing. I will never buy anything from this company and I would advise you not to. I waited to update but since my substitute ending in a month, fair to say I have lost my money. They always post the same reply (sorry call us). Save your time and just don’t buy. You have been warned again and again. ———— Like the other 100s that complained about not being able to access the subscription I called customer service. Useless, they told me to call Apple. I’ve paid for this for 5 months now and I can’t use it. Terrible service and support. Do not purchase, you have been warned (yet again!). Edited: it now appears to be working and I had to log into my account and reset my password after they told me the dev. Had fixed the issue. I want to be either refunded for the five months I couldn’t use it or 5 months to be added to my subscription. It shouldn’t take that long to get a solution or an addition to your subscription. I’ve been totally reasonable but 160$ for 7 months of use is simply not worth it..Version: 1.85.2

Don’t waste your money!My subscription would not renew, and there is no support. The support links just send you in a frustrating loop. It’s not a good product anyway, not accurate, can’t type at the same time, and it can’t even spell my name! Much better to use free packages like Google Docs Voice Typing . Dragon is very old technology which hasn’t improved much, their poor service is not helped by a dizzying array of variations..Version: 1.5

They have a major problemTried to subscribe within the app. Told email is already registered. OK, fine, so reset password. Went back to app to login. Got pop up “You cannot login. Your account does not have access to this product”. Instructed, of course, to contact technical support. Who wants to use up their time for that? Leaving review because feeling kind of sorry for the people responsible - hey, folks, you could be a lot more successful. How many subscriptions do you suppose you have lost? Are you blaming your potential customers for not spending their time on workarounds? Investing in customer support to help (the 2% who do not give up) with those workarounds, rather. than spending your energy making it easy for us to spend our hard-earned money on your product? Update: “You can’t replicate my problem”? That gave me a good laugh - seriously, not being sarcastic - it’s funny due to all the other reviews describing the same problem..Version: 1.81

Be awareWe bought the previous version. They disabled it and if I want to use the same app now, just with a cosmetic change I am supposed to buy a subscription. This is not how this should be!.Version: 1.0.8

The worst compnay I haveever dealt withTyring to buy a 12 month subscription for this relatively good dictation app I have been pushed from pillar to post and after 2 hours on the phone had my account made inaccessible and still not made the purchase. Really rubbish. Wish there was as good dictation software elsewhere and I could just scrap any link wiht theis joke company.Version: 1.0.7

Paid for 12-month subscription through Nuance and isn’t recognized on AppI was previously using Dragon anywhere and had good success with it. I had to renew my subscription and was not able to do so through the app and went through the Nuance website and logged in through my account to renew it for another 12 months but it has not been able to be recognized on the Dragon anywhere app and is not available and my iTunes subscriptions. I’ve been trying for multiple days to get this resolved through the technical support of Nuance but have not been able to do so. I am very disappointed in the product and service and am still currently working to get a full refund of my money. It is unfortunate that there is not a better dictation solution available for Mac users as Nuance does not support a desktop version for Mac anymore..Version: 1.81

Not recognising active subscriptionThe jury is still out re how useful this app. will be. I hadn’t used it for a while, due to phone and connection issues, unrelated to the app. My subscription renewed in May, but when I tried to start using Anywhere again, it says the subscription has expired. I’ve tried everything I can think of, but every time I tap the microphone the ‘subscription has expired’ message comes up. As many others have commented, it’s not easy to get help, doesn’t seem to be a way to submit an online request. Now I’m waiting til Mon to try the phone support..Version: 1.93

Outrageously innefectivrWould not recommend, cannot get past original page does not recognise Apple login details I shall not expect to be charged and gave benefit of doubt to developers as quite some time had passed since last review Never again absolute con. Annoyed client.Version: 1.5

Does not live up to Dragons other ProductsDragon make some excellent products. However this is not one of them. If it was a one time purchase it may be worth it but for the monthly subscription required to use this product it is definitely not worth it. It is very very poor at transcription. It does not recognize words which you have trained it to recognize or have added two it’s a vocabulary. It is not intuitive when it comes to adjusting words to fit the structure of the sentence. For example the words knot or not or the words to, too and two. You also have to speak very slowly for it to understand you. The Dictation that is available on your iPhone for free is much better. Even when transcribing medical terminology it is better than this Dragon app. This coming from a native English speaker..Version: 1.5

I Wanted To Report A Bug IssueI am not sure if this app is slowly phasing out or not, but I do know that it’s tough to report bugs or issues now. When I click the “App Support” button here, it says, “Page not found.” Plus, whenever I go on the website, it sends me in limbo to try to make a report or anything concerning this app. In summary, I am thinking about quitting the service because the company is not seeming to put much behind this product that makes it worth what they are charging. Plus, I have had billing issues all of last year, and the problem was not really fixed at the end. So I can’t say that I have a lot of confidence in this company now. But anyway, I wanted to report that there is a glitch going on that’s causing it to be able to make it hard to email directly from the app. This function used to be a good thing, but due to the company's lack of support on this app, this seems to be an issue. Since there was nowhere else to report the bug, I am reporting it here..Version: 1.84

It really deserves more than two stars but...I had a subscription to this app two years ago. It had a very good transcription rate... between 80% to 90%. It was that good. I’ve canceled the subscription because I ended up not using it during the editing part of my work. Then my wrists started acting up, and thought this would be the next best thing to continue working. I re-subscribed to Dragon Anywhere back in November 16, 2020, and am writing this review on November 26, 2020. Ten days into my subscription and I have not been able to get into the app. I have been in touch with both Apple and Nuance to address this issue, downloaded, deleted and re-downloaded the app at least five times. Canceled my subscription and attempted at resubscribing, not to mention having a two hour phone call with Nuance and Apple’s customer service... still, couldn’t log in. I changed my password, tried restoring a subscription... same thing. When it works, this app is phenomenal. You can train it, and it requires minimal editing in terms of punctuations. So, if you’re one of the lucky ones who got it to work, well done you. They also have excellent customer service, courteous and you can tell that they try to do their best to help. It is regrettably too glitchy for the five-star rating the app deserves..Version: 1.85.2

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..Version: 1.90

Lost my documentI was on day one of the seven day trial period, dictated about 3000 words and the document disappeared. I connected with Dragons help and was transferred the another company who charged me five dollars to tell me the document wasn’t retrievable. So no, I don’t recommend this app..Version: 1.82

Used to loveI used to love this app. I've been using it for many years. It was five stars all the time. Then it started to interpret coughs and sneezes as words, so I changed it to 4 stars. But sadly in the last few months, the number of mistakes it makes in dictation with my voice has mushroomed. It used to make mistakes in noisy environments, such as when there was a fan going or something. Now it makes the same number of mistakes, even in a silent atmosphere. Same tech..Version: 1.91

Don’t waste your moneyDownloaded subscribed and paid and cant access the product or use it. Wont even let me set up a password - goodness but this is a bad experience. Don’t waste your money. Words’ inbuilt dictate is actually very good these days and I’m sticking with it I cancelled the subscription and obtained a refund. In fairness the Dragon standalone PC products are very good and the Word program dictation has come a long way. There was no way to get any support from Nuance and the only way to get a response to my situation was to leave a review. Too little and too late. Seriously in 2021 its not good enough..Version: 1.85.2

Very buggy, disappointing for such expensive subscriptionI’m so disappointed at the nuance suite. I subscribed to this thinking it would solve my transcription woes. It is extremely buggy when adding new words to the vocabulary. Often freezing or not immediately recognising the new additions so cannot add them to my transcription. Please fix this problem because at the moment I cannot recommend this app..Version: 1.7

TerribleTerrible!! 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.Version: 1.88

No longer permits custom wordsOne of the best features of this product permitted users to customize words so that names, places and things that are not part of Nuance’s normal vocabulary can be recognized when dictating. While this feature is technically still present, you can no longer use your voice to train the program, thus making this feature essentially useless. I called customer support and the tech acknowledged that this was an issue. However, he told me that there was nothing that could be done. The loss of this feature crippled this app. I reset the app, deleted it and reinstalled it. Yet, this feature still not present. Dragon, if you are reading this review (and I hope you are) please correct this problem..Version: 1.85.2

If you’re Australian - don’t botherIt sounded too good to be true: and it was. No Australian version. AUD$23.00 per month. I tried 3 letters and gave up. No option for training and word importation is very basic. Seriously for this much money per year you would expect a desktop replacement program. This is worse than Dragon Naturally Speaking Version 7 that I wasted good money on back in 2003. Innovation without progress..Version: 1.82

Horrible customer service and supportI am trying to install this software to use with my business and I was considering implementing it with all my employees but I am seriously looking for another app that can fill this need. I installed the software but I was unable to subscribe because it is telling me that I already have a subscription. I then try to sign in and I am told that I do not have a subscription. I go into ITunes and it shows I have a subscription. I called tech support and they told me they could do nothing to help me and to call sales. I called sales and was told they could not help me and I had to call tech support. I have been going through this for 3 days. I wish I could give this a negative number of stars. I am very disappointed in how I have been treated and if this is normal for their customer service I could never recommend this software to anyone. *** update to review The developer was finally able to fix the app so I was able to log in but it took weeks and this review to finally get help. I’m thankful that it was finally fixed but the process is difficult to navigate. Thank you for fixing it and I look forward to trying the app and I’ll update this review again once I have..Version: 1.81

Difficulty cancellingWhen trying to cancel subscription a pop up told me I needed to log onto Uk or German site because that was where I had uploaded from (I’m in Australia) when I clicked to the UK, the same pop up said I needed to log onto USA because that was where I had purchased ........ then it told me to go to UK! I gave up following the nonsensical loop. Still paying! Will need to phone now!.Version: 1.85.2

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!.Version: 1.88

Unable to create an accountYou can’t create an account (see other reviews that say the same thing about logging on etc) so I can’t even start to use it. However good the product may be, this renders it useless..Version: 1.87

Needs work...While this is somewhat better than native iPhone voice to text, one of the primary functionalities that *should* make this far more useful, is the ability to add words and train them so that you can have a custom dictionary. That part barely works. After the program has heard hours and hours of my voice, adding a new word (like a client's last name) and pronouncing it to train it, still results in the app getting it wrong far more often than it's correct. I'm a native English speaker with barely any accent. I can't see myself keeping the rather expensive subscription much more than another month or so, just to see if it improves. Like so many other Dragon products, it is buggy and disappointing..Version: 1.72

Zero starsWay less accurate than Siri so why bother?.Version: 1.5

Horrendous customer serviceI have been a Dragon Anywhere subscriber from day one. I have had nothing but problems with the subscription service. And good luck trying to get through to technical support. The product itself is pretty good. Today four calls got me absolutely nowhere except for unanswered music on the last call. About one hour completely wasted. They must be saving quite a bit of money by using people with limited English to field customer support questions. And poor quality VOIP telephone systems. But they must not factor in all the lost revenue from people who become frustrated with things that should be really easy made hard and frustrating. On the third call, I pointed out to the customer support representative that she was about to send me to the wrong department . I asked for her employee number, nicely, and she said she couldn’t give me that information. You’ve got to be kidding me. As it stands, it looks like I have been charged $150 for one year of service. But of course it’s not linking up with my phone. I’m about ready to give up forever. For those interested in a similar service, check out Just Press Record. You can dump those recordings right into your Dragon desktop software..Version: 1.0.8

Terrible - uselessThis product is not only terrible but useless, got the subscription to help me with transcribing ny meetings with clients, and very quickly figured out that the accuracy of transcription is below 30%. Compared to transcription feature on Microsoft teams this is zero value. Everytime I placed my iPhone 13 pro in a close location to the source of sound and made sure quality of sound is perfect, but simply it does not work. DON’t WASTE ANY MONEY ON IT. Gave it a chance and it badly failed!!!!!.Version: 1.93

Impossible to log inI don’t know what’s going on with Nuance, but I can no longer log onto their site, which means I can’t manage my subscription to this app. No matter what browser I use, and regardless of whether I use a tablet or a notebook, I get the message "An unknown error occurred." I’ve reset my password multiple times, but it makes no difference. Apparently many other people are having the same issue, which has persisted for months; oddly, Nuance doesn’t seem to care. Even before I encountered this problem, I’d found that Dragon Anywhere was less accurate than it had been. For a while, it worked very well, but now, given the combination of the app's deteriorating performance and the company’s broken website, I can’t recommend it at all..Version: 1.80

Poor word recognition etc.I have been using Dragon Professional for a few years. It works well. Dragon Anywhere is its underdeveloped cousin which does not work at all well. It lacks the ability for me to teach it words which it miss-hears. Poor accuracy compared to the PC version. I will continue to experiment with it a little longer to see if I can get a bit more functionality out of it. This review was typed and not dictated because if I had dictated it, you would not understand what I had written....Version: 1.0.7

Stop doesn’t work on iOSDon’t believe the replies from Nuance to previous complaints - as at April 2021, the problem with trying to subscribe in order to use the app still hasn’t been resolved!.Version: 1.86

Very ExpensiveWhen you work it out for the year is very expensive for what you get and you can only stop it though your settings on the phone. They say it’s better than the voice recognition on modern phones but for note taking I personal disagree. On most phone keyboards is a microphone button just try that instead and see for you self. As regards uploading most apps now will link to Dropbox or OneDrive so nothing new there..Version: 1.85.2

Unfair business practiceIn my opinion, Nuance is not conducting fair business practice for product purchasers of Dragon IOS. Nuance has stopped supporting the purchased product (my Dragon will now, not work with newer IOS versions). I believe this lack of support is designed to abandon the user owned product, and force users to obtain a renamed “Dragon Anywhere”, expensive subscription that you must pay on an ongoing basis forever..Version: 1.0.7

Works ok but has bugsIt works just about ok but for the price there are too many bugs- the most frustrating is when it doesn’t recognise the apple account to activate it so each time I get a warning screen and have to log in again. I contacted Nuance and they said because I bought it through ITunes it’s not their problem!.Version: 1.5

Frustrating and impossible to launch appLike other users, my experience trying to launch this has been frustrating. I registered on the Apple Store and it could not sync my subscription because, apparently, you have to create an account with Nuance first. Or so I’m guessing now after hours of trying to figure this out. Their support and customer service is non-existent. While this might be a good product, I’ll never know. I could never find a way to fix my login problem and use the product, after at least 4 hours of trying. I’m shocked and frustrated with this company’s lack of respect for users—unbelievable since they’ve are not new to this market. Both in the app and on their website, the support is not there when things don’t go as planned. The knowledge base is useless..Version: 1.72

By far the worst signup experience I have ever experiencedIn a world where there are simple single sign-on solutions, using a plethora of social media logins. This app not only requires you to login with an old school email and password confirmation, but the login does not even work! I have tried Peterlee to register an account, to try to reset a password, to cancel the whole thing try again with a different email address, In fact just to use log into the app in the normal way with every single in the entire world use it. Failure. When you go to the support, you cannot login unless you have an account. You can only get an account if this system works. The only other way to contact them is by ringing some American telephone number. Why would I want to do that? I'm in Europe. Paragraph there is no chat system, there is no form, there is no discussion forum. Frankly, I'm not surprised, as my experience of Dragon/Nuance has always been appalling. I was hoping they might have changed. Obviously not..Version: 1.5

Worst customer serviceAfter the one week trial period, I renewed the subscription but it doesn’t work. I keep getting message “this account has not been granted access to this product. Please contact Nuance tech support”. So, I contacted them, the consultant didn’t know what he was doing but finally agreed to escalate the issue. Followed up two days later, and got the same line that have escalated the issues and waiting for the US team to respond. They couldn’t give me a timeframe or so anything further. Very disappointed with the overall experience..Version: 1.81

LESS than One Star!!!I tried to install it since Dragon Talk went away. It would not accept my email to begin registration of the product. Since I own SEVERAL Nuance device and desktop apps, all under same email, I was astounded by that. I called for support (nothing else was available), and was connected with a rude man named “Manual” who said he was in Manila. He wanted me to give him my credit card over the phone to “register” the product, even though Nuance website doesn’t recognize my email as account holder. NICE TRY, SCAM SCUM!!! I will NOT buy, use or recommend this product! It worked well in the past, but at present their core business seems focused on scams and credit card fraud! Try it if you want, but remember: “I WARNED YOU!!!”.Version: 1.5

CrashesApp set up then work only rarely. No help from site. Pity PC product good.Version: 1.5

Locked out despite paying monthly subscription last weekFirst fail: Subscription fee taken. App tells me I am no longer subscribed. No support for the app leaving me no option but to see if I can get my bank to cancel last payment. I won’t comment much on the app itself as I was still seeing if it would work for me. Buyer beware- they will take your money but can’t seem to deliver the product!.Version: 1.83

Four stars off for greedy subscription pricesI’m sure this is probably as reliable and bug free as other Nuance products (sarcasm alert), but the subscription rates are amongst the most expensive of any app on the entire App Store..Version: 1.72

Unable to create password to even trial out the appAs per title, seek support and after 4 weeks there is no resolution. See timeline: 20th July: After phoning through for assistance, I have deleted and reinstalled the App on the ipad as advised. However as it couldn't be resolved, I was suggested to send a screenshot so that the technical team could have a look. 21th July: Screenshots sent via email. 22nd July: You acknowledged the receipt of the screenshots. You had also asked if I have tried to create an account today and if I am still facing the same issue? 24th July: After deleting and downloading the 3rd time, I still have no success, it's the same as the original issue that was brought up on 20th July. 3rd August: You replied "Is the WiFi on your device enable? Please note the Dragon Anywhere app requires either WiFi or mobile data to work." 3rd August: I confirmed that I have an active data connection at all times on my ipad. 9th August: Your response "Could you tell us your current location we need to check if you are in a non-supported location." 9th August: I replied that I am based in Adelaide. 12th August: Your response "Is there a way that you can download Dragon Anywhere on another iOS device to test against?" See TLDR, there isn’t a helpful response over the weeks other than asking the customer piecemeal over external factors. I hope others have better luck with the app..Version: 1.86

Too many errorsIOS built-in voice to text is much more accurate. After trying this product for several days there are numerous problems that make it not only not worth paying for but also irritatingly deficient. 1. Inability to remember corrected pronouns such as iOS does. 2. Suddenly stops working for no apparent reason during the middle of the paragraph. 3. After getting a paragraph or two correct suddenly seems to be confused and changes the words completely. Maybe this is because none of the processing is done on the phone but in the cloud. But the times I am referring to all had continuous Wi-Fi connectivity. I would not pay $1.99 per month let alone $15 per month for such ineptitude..Version: 1.0.8

Not good back up from app or nurance or supportHad This app over 3 months have got a old works email link ordering and opening this app. Now left the Company Now can’t use the app as no password etc I paid for this app UPFRONT though my iTunes account apps £100 + And trying to get SOMEONE to contact or get support been page to page website to website Not good enough and waste of money and affecting my work This is take your money and run Would love to get this up an running and get my money back and have proper support by person to help Very sad and upset and be in England to help.Version: 1.0.8

Overpriced, repeatedly crashes, functions missingOverpriced, repeatedly crashes, functions missing/do not work. Also, customer service was profoundly useless. It took two weeks for them to agree that it should work but does not (!) with no actual help yet they still charge an expensive monthly subscription despite most functions missing. Would not recommend as it's beyond frustrating: Linking Evernote with the app does not work; linking with dropbox means it will crash repeatedly as per other reviewers and as confirmed by dragon (who curiously are now denying this in their reply). It also it has a habit of selecting everything, deleting it all and then FAILING TO UNDO/redo (so not sure why I received the response I have from dragon). Due to severe disability I am forced to use this erratic and predominantly useless app while in the search for a functioning replacement but I do not recommend it. Two years on been no improvement still forced to use this app which is a blatant abuse of disabled people given the immense cost and failure to function. Selecting everything and deleting it repeatedly has had heart breaking consequences as it is impossible to work. If you do leave or update your review you even get a link to contact the developers that leads to nowhere. Typical Nuance..Version: 1.82

Don’t botherIt’s hopeless. I’m uninstalling..Version: 1.86

Online PC version is better not available on IOSFrustrating to use at times and I have to manually go through and edit all of my dictated content every time, as words that I don’t even use come up in the text despite speaking slowly and clearly and many repeatedly. The voice commands are hit and miss. Disappointed but I am hoping that the developers can improve the app, as the concept is very good..Version: 1.86

Red (Dead) MicJust checking that the 7 day free trial is supposed let me actually dictate and produce a document not just scroll through the features? Or does the microphone only work once you’re a paid up subscriber? The microphone icon’s staying defiantly red no matter how light or sharply it’s tapped. I even tried telling it to ‘wake up’ in. Nothing. There’s nothing wrong with my internet connection/speed or my phone settings. Anybody? ——- I was a very happy Dragon-Mac user until Nuance pulled the software so finding this this app I was 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️. Now I’m more 😖.Version: 1.85.2

Stop turning the mic offI commute and would like to write while I'm driving. Writing is hard enough to start as it is, I don't need my dictation app turning the mic off after 20 seconds and giving me an excuse to stop. I do not care if it is taking up space in a data center or whatever weak excuse there is for it, just stop doing it. For $15 a month, you can afford it. The mic should stop when I tell it to stop and start when I tell it to start, which brings me to my next gripe. I can't turn the mic on by voice command while I'm driving, I have to press the on-screen mic button... let me stress this, While I'm Driving. There needs to be options to operate Dragon Anywhere completely hands free. Otherwise good app but currently hyper-frustrating..Version: 1.0.7

CrashesApp keeps crashing when trying to setup account! Good luck trying find help.Version: 1.5

Greed.Overpricing seems to be a company wide thing and it’s not new. I bought this for Mac and an OSX update knocked it out. The only option was to buy it again, a new version at a couple hundred bucks. Some other companies need to step up on developing their similar products and teach Nuance a market lesson. At $20/m or $200/yr for an iOS app this is insane..Version: 1.72

Expensive ...does not do what it saysThis app is very ineffective and crashes. I tried several times to retrieve information and was not able to do so. Glad I was able to cancel before the very expensive monthly fee kicked in..Version: 1.0.8

NopeAlready had and used this app on and off for years with no problems at all, now they want an outrageous subscription fee for it? Absolutely not..Version: 1.5

Best productAbsolutely terrible decision to convert original dragon to Paid app! Nuance is now competing with 10 free voice dictation transcription apps that work quite well for free! You had the iOS market? Keep the paid product to professional use Legal/ medical/ PC.Version: 1.82

Really rubbishThis service was really bad, often wouldn’t open, slow to react when it did open, once open it didn’t translate well at all - cancelled after less than a week.Version: 1.5

God AwfulDoesn’t seem to learn my speech, repeatedly misses words or phrases, the correction function is the only advantage over using the I phone voice recognition but this can take so long to work you are honestly quicker typing..Version: 1.85.1

RubbishJust purchased as use this already via normal laptop Purchased, the system for iPad Pro would not load, would not allow me to put in a password or reset password so could not get started very very frustrating spoke to Nuance help desk they are aware of problem and suggested i get refund from App Store and start from there site direct shame as i just expected to download and get started.Version: 1.81

I should have read customers reviewsI was looking for voice to text software so went onto the internet and read website reviews. Having tried them I downloaded this software and found I had wasted much time trying to get it to understand me. I then looked at what other customers had to say and realised what those websites said makes just as much sense as the text this software spouts out. Certainly not what I, a customer had to say. What a waste of my time!.Version: 1.88

Very poor experience from the start!I decided to ignore the reviews (which are pretty bad) and give Dragon Anywhere a try on my iPad anyway. Bad decision! Bad dictation. Profile can't load. Non-existent commercial or technical support. Sometimes one star is too much. I use the desktop application Version of the Nuance product on my work laptop (I'm quadriplegic and it's the only way I can get through my work day) and it's actually very good. However this subscription app has so many problems. The first problem occurred when I tried to make my purchase outside of the App Store and I got thrown around in this never ending loop between the UK and US chapters of Nuance. Evidently they're fighting over incoming business. Once I realised it was easier to complete the purchase through the App Store and I installed the application I used it for a week (taking advantage of the free trial) and despite not really being happy with the dictation Quality at all I decided to purchase a month subscription anyway to try out a bit more. So after paying for a month the app is telling me it can't load my profile. Once again I am stuck not being able to access the product. Although I have only had one week to try the product before it's decided to effectively unsubscribe me I have to say that it is terrible. The dictation is very inaccurate (compared to the desktop application, it's hard to believe it even the same company). The time lead from speak to type is very slow. I typed this review using Apple voice recognition (which is average) and is a dream compared to this terrible software. Go elsewhere I implore you!.Version: 1.86

Do NOT order from them!They are a horrible, horrible and unethical company. I ordered a one year subscription with them through Apple Pay, and was charged $141. When I went to use the program, it said my subscription had expired, even though the App’s Settings said my subscription was good for the year. Two weeks and 9 phone calls later, I have only gotten the complete run around from rude and arrogant phone reps, and I am still locked out. No apologies, no solution to my problem, and no follow up. I wound up having to cancel my subscription through Apple Pay. Do not give your business to this most dishonest and uncaring organization..Version: 1.83

Subscription for two years wastedMy husband got this and then he had paid subscription for two years or more. My credit card was charged $15 each month. He barely used it and when he went back to it to get the work he had already done, he couldn’t find it. He tried to get help from the software company that was not helpful at all. I was not aware that he stopped using this app almost a year ago. Lately we were reviewing all of the expenses and found out that there were still charges every month. I had to call Apple and finally cancelled the subscription. The amount of money we paid them was not worth at all. I don’t even think there is a paid version..Version: 1.83

Major flaw!I purchased/committed to the trial of Dragon anywhere. While I find it to be effective in dictating there are significant editing limitations. For example, I had dictated all my clinical notes as a trial the software. Somewhere along the way several paragraphs of notes deleted. I found no way to restore the hour of work of writing/dictating that was lost. In fact, while working to restore the lost paragraphs, I lost the final two paragraphs. As I see, there is no way to restore un-edit or undo typing, via Dragon anywhere. The risk then becomes in the event that you make a notable error there does not present to be any easy or simple way to restore the document or typing it was lost. I will and my subscription today because of this error/inability, fearing that such could happen again. I use Dragon for Mac extensively in my clinical practice, finding it to be ineffective way to dictate charts/clinical notes. I was hoping that Dragon anywhere would provide similar feature, without having to lug around a computer and headset to do my notes. Maybe in the future Nuance will figure this out, but at this point I would not recommend this program..Version: 1.0.7

Horrible and expensiveThis app is to glitchy and loses your hard work and information. I had to renew my subscription and I went through the website to renew the subscription because the app would not work. After I paid $15 I tried to go back into the app and it would not allow me to dictate although I had updated my payment information and they withdrew the funds. For hours I sat here on my iPhone and try to get the app to work. I even deleted the app and reinstalled it and logged in with my email address, well all my documents are now gone lost. You would think that I could login and all my information would be there but it’s gone all my notes all my hard work. If you were going to use the system I would not rely on it and I especially wouldn’t be putting your most precious work into it. This is not the first time I’ve lost information using this app actually this is the second time. Their customer support is horrible their website is confusing And the app is to glitchy. When it works it has great potential but if the app is going to lose all your work I don’t know what the point is an even using the app. Be very cautious buying this as it glitches at the worst times when I needed this the most, it wouldn’t work and will glitch out for hours like now..Version: 1.0.8

Not even a tasteWOW- $ 22.99 monthly Annual is $229.99 I have not even tried it out because of the Subscription Wall..Version: 1.83

Does NOT support folk with accentsI 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.Version: 1.88

Need a Driving ModeThe voice to text capability is really impressive. I bought this mostly so I can use my driving time to journal down notes and ideas. But the mic would turn off on its own after only 1 min of inactivity. The red mic screen button is way too small to aim while driving. For the price, this app should really have a driving mode like Audible has. This mode would then just have one big red mic button on the screen to reactivate the mic. There’s no need to have the text on the screen since one shouldn’t be reading it while driving. PLEASE make a driving mode available!.Version: 1.72

Good product let down by bugs and supportI’ve been using this for about a fortnight now. Dictation is much less frustrating than Siri because of correction features. When it works it’s great, if not as sophisticated as the desktop version. But the bugs! The password reset facility has reported a ‘temporary technical error’ for over a week now, so I am currently locked out of the product (no online support - just a weekday phone number in the uk). Twice the app has suddenly and spontaneously deleted the document I was dictating, even though the app autosaves as you dictate and there’s no delete facility on the dictation screen (so it wasn’t user error). These are fundamental bugs: not glitches - I’m slightly shocked. I want this to work because it’s a good product and I want to carry on using it - but I may be driven away..Version: 1.5

Buggy and overpriced.Won’t let me set my own words - keeps saying its busy. Overpriced for what you get. But better than apple dictation so, if you’re an apple user, there’s not a lot of choice..Version: 1.72

Couldn’t even log inHave been using dragon naturally speaking on my PC for over 15 years. Love it. I have tried multiple times to activate this app. It’s like a ridiculous exercise in frustration management trying to set this stupid app up..Version: 1.91

This company has always had the worst service assistance possibleWhen it works it’s better then Siri.... however be warned... this company has one of the worst service departments of any for software. I have used dragon for years and each time it takes hours to fix software issues where it declares war with other software. So I was happy to see an application where I could finally stop using via computers and stop wasting hours trying to get their software to just work... but now I find the application has disappeared off my iPhone and surprise surprise it will not accept any login to acknowledge me now....and to get any help from nuance you have to PAY them to help you make their own app work... if I had not paid for the year, I could just re-install it under a new email and maybe it would actually work. But now I have to deal with trying to get it to work on a email it will not acknowledge..Version: 1.0.8

Fails from step oneDon’t bother with this. They can’t get their website working, they can’t figure out how to accept payment, and then they can’t figure out how to provide any kind of solution for the problems they’ve created. Also, for Anywhere service, you have a M-F 9-5 window to get support. Not remotely conducive to an efficient business product..Version: 1.85

Terrible experienceNo customer support contact, takes money and then does not work, cannot deal with forgotten passwords. Such a shame because when I first got this the Dictation function was excellent. It should be taken off the App Store until it’s fixed..Version: 1.5

French translationPas en français? 👎.Version: 1.81

Couldn't log and support was no helpMost frustrating experience I've ever had. Couldn't login, kept saying email and password didn't match even though they were correct. Tried to change password- just in case - kept saying can't reach server. But I entered an incorrect password just to test it and it said password not in our system so it was able to connect. Call support but got less than no help from them. How's less than no help possible? They transferred me all around and I wasted two hours of my life on this product that won't work and no one really seemed interested in fixing it - though they'd been well trained to say they were sorry I was having a problem. Maybe it works for other people but I can't access it and it just left me incredibly annoyed and frustrated..Version: 1.0.7

They cannot be seriousNuance cannot be serious offering this app. Most times nothing I dictated got transcribed (and yes, it has access to the mic, and yes, I have a strong and fast internet connection). When it did transcribe, it either dropped the first phrase or did not continue to transcribe after my first pause. And the accuracy is abysmal. I tried it on 2 different IPad pros and the result was the same. I also tried it over several days in case Nuance was having a temporary glitch at their processing end. The same every time..Version: 1.72

Maybe it works with American accentsBecause it doesn’t with mine..Version: 1.93

Take a few breasts and relaxBecause this is NOT the app for you. Translates breaths to breasts!!! Incorrectly translates complete sentences that have you scratching your head wondering what the actual heck you said in that section. Inserted weird names of people Rick Kilroy, Moretz, Branley, Armstrong.... I never love referred to anyone person or a name. Dictated so so bad, I literally have to start again and type it from scratch. Insanely disappointing!.Version: 1.84

AppallingThis is an appalling app. Very expensive. Buggy. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone..Version: 1.90

Doesn't work as promisedIt won't let me synchronize with my existing Dragon account for desktop. Worst of all, it doesn’t seem to accept dictation from the built in mic on the iPad at all. The volume indicator suggests it knows when I am speaking, but it never types anything. Only Bluetooth headsets work, and not very well at that. Customized vocabulary isn’t recognized nearly as well as on the desktop. There is no option to "spell that", so if the correction you want isn't in the list, you're out of luck. There is no "delete X" option, so you have to use "select X", "delete that", "go to end", which is so tedious. It's overall unusable unless you want really crude transcription that you will correct extensively manually later..Version: 1.80

Disrespected CustomerI have spent many hundreds of dollars for various Nuance software products including software and subscriptions to Dragon Dictate, dating back to 1997. Over the last two decades and more, I've repeated my commitment and repurchased the software disc, and when I updated my computers, I paid for it again with a download just a few years ago. Unfortunately your system NEVER REMEMBERS ME! When Nuance has no memory of me, it becomes expensive to be loyal. Moreover, it becomes a job in itself to try to reconnect, and reestablish what was at one time considered a fully paid grandfathered subscription for a longtime, loyal customer. I find it disingenuous and dishonorable. Fact: The product is great. Fact: I wouldn’t have bought it four times if I didn’t think so. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ Fact: You have received my last dollar. Fact: Someone from the company is going to reach out to re-establish communication. Fact: If not, I’m going to buy a Barbie Doll, and and name it Dragon Dictate. poke pins un-used ears. LOL PLEASE FIX THIS! P•L•E•A•S•E!!!!! Out of principal, I can’t justify another subscription for the exact same thing.:.Version: 1.82

Might be good if you could log in...As the title suggests, if you go some time - as you might, for instance, during a global pandemic - without using this, you’ll find that you’re asked to do the old fashioned thing of logging on. Ah. Now which email did use to register? The work email? The family mail? The personal mail? Er... Try all three. One of them must be the one. After trying all three (including the full, ancient ‘googlemail’ version just in case) and not getting the email to tell me what my password is (checked spam, etc - no joy), it would appear that either the reset emails are sent using the electronic equivalent of a carrier pigeon and will arrive in due course, or that the customer service isn’t that brilliant - but either way, I can’t actually use the App when I need to. Oh well. Custom taken elsewhere....Version: 1.85.2

En français?Ce serait vraiment utile que cela fonctionne aussi en français!!!.Version: 1.82

App supportHopeless to try to install or resubscribe. I have used Dragon anywhere for some time but this is a new unimproved version. Subscribed wouldn’t open or allow password, and support requires subscription. Avoid!.Version: 1.82

Hamburger menu crashes appPlease note that the hamburger menu crashes the app on iOS 14 beta 6. It’s impossible to get to your menu of documents. I’d rather not go through the whole beta unable to access my documents, so would appreciate a fix for this. There are many, many issues with sharing on iOS 13. It usually just doesn’t work, so I use clipboard instead. In particular, Ulysses, which used to work with your app beautifully, no longer works, nor Drafts. Ipad version I mean. IPhone version seems to work. Perhaps better testing of iPad version would help. As usual, language recognition is excellent..Version: 1.85

Complete waste of timeI am still waiting for an activation password Do not waste your time.Version: 1.86

Love this App except...I love this app in so many ways. It is easy to use, carries all of the powerful ability that much of the desktop version does, and yet there is one thing that really hurts it in my opinion...the price. I hate that this is a subscription rather than an upfront and outright purchase. I would probably be ok with it if the cost was $5/mo but $15/mo is crazy high. Do you get what you pay for with this app? I think so. If your company or business will cover the subscription, don’t think twice and get it. If you’re an everyday Joe looking for the ability to dictate on your phone without bells and whistles...definitely better options out there..Version: 1.5

Terrible!This barely works! It makes so many mistakes I might as well not bother. I speak clearly and it can’t even recognize simple words. Very annoying..Version: 1.5

Sitting on its laurelsAfter years of acquiring and merging competitors — the product is now a confused mess. An example of its outdated approach is an excerpt from the purchase email: “Please save a backup copy to a ZIP drive, Floppy disks, etc., of the file(s) that you downloaded in case you have computer or hard disk problems.” ...floppy disks? — I know since I have used ViaVoice since the 1990s, but good luck explaining that to the next generation! The product line could have been so much more but now it’s a Frankenstein company with disjointed departments and an outsourced call centre utterly clueless (albeit polite).Version: 1.72

Lack of functions and not fit for purposeI have the professional desktop application. I thought the monthly fee to add this mobile functionality excessive, but thought would give it a try for on-the-go work. Especially interested for use in social media interactions. However, the lack of comparable functionality makes this utterly useless. Trying to dictate hashtag names without case by case auto-text creations is a nightmare, e.g. removing spaces and changing caps on the fly. Remove a space, say the word, correct the spelling and the space comes back. A mobile app needs to at least offer feature parity for use on the go... it doesn’t. For the fee charged, one might even expect some ‘extras’ geared toward a mobile user... there are none. Terrible app, not fit for purpose and feels created by a team stuck in the dark ages..Version: 1.81

No Bluetooth headsets? ExpensiveI wish this was better than it is. It has such potential and having the ability to edit long sections of text is very useful. But it lacks so many features compared to the desktop version, doesn’t support Bluetooth headsets for some unfathomable reason, is buggy with poor customer support (even the website links often don’t work), and costs a fortune..Version: 1.0.8

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!.Version: 1.87

Stopped subscription automaticallyWas using this for several months and very happy with it. Then all of a sudden it stopped my subscription and would not allow me to use it, no option in the app to restart it, stupid. After hours speaking to Nuance and apple, neither could help, I now have 70 documents in the app that will be lost if I re install it and no one can set up the subscription either. Thank you to Nuance and apple for your lack of help and allowing me no way forward. I just want to lay and get on with it without losing my work in the documents..Version: 1.80

Never got it to take any dictationUseless!.Version: 1.72

FAILED APPI first downloaded the app and used it for a while. However, it's garbage because: 1) password reset does not work 2) login via website, orders processed via DigitalRiver do not match was the App knows about login and password - I cannot login and there are reviews by others with the same issue - I am cancelling my subscription, this is now the second time this has happened - Have lost $30 dollars. 3) Nuance/Dragon customer service is garbage - cannot be reached easily, and when I called them twice, they could not access the account, troubleshoot, or help It seems like digitalriver handles the payments, which they are more than happy to do, but then Nuance/Dragon, on their server-side has no clue how to link accounts, generate password resets (web resets but the app does not allow login - almost like it does not access the same database) AWEFUL APP - DO NOT USE UNTIL DRAGON RE-DOES THIS APP!.Version: 1.0.7

Don’t botherYou 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..Version: 1.87

Good product but glitchesI’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..Version: 1.89

Not working support is non existentI am trialling this the instructions are not clear particularly for fixing typo or incorrect transcript. pity, the desktop version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which I have been using for many years is excellent. It is likely that these reviews for this app will also give that a bad name, but Nuance doesn’t seem to care..Version: 1.92

‘In app purchase’ means ‘pay to use it’Never mind..Version: 1.83

Indicating French as a language is misleadingFrench is not supported by the app as a dictation language, only the interface can be in French while English and German are interface and dictation language. You indicated in an email a year ago that French will be supported eventually in a future update but still no sign of it. Could you confirm when since for people working in French like me the app is essentially useless..Version: 1.85.2

Was good….. now very poorFor 18 months was very good. Accurate. Custom words useful. Since the update to version 1.91 a month ago, the accuracy is terrible. Several of my colleagues use it as well and have all said the same since the most recent update. I estimate previously 95% accuracy with the words. Now probably 60%. It is a shame they ruined what was a useful app..Version: 1.91

Avoid this appI took out a subscription because it worked well during the free trial. As soon as I paid for a month’s subscription I got a message saying the subscription had expired and I couldn’t use it. After wasting time on the phone to dragon and Apple, each of whom said to contact the other to resolve this, I got a refund. If you are busy and don’t have time to waste, avoid this app..Version: 1.83

Dragon anywhere is just about the same as Dragon naturally speakingI gave the app three stars instead of five because the Dragon anywhere program is just about as attentive to what you say to it as the online or on desktop program. Even if I follow the directions that come with the app the command still don't seem to work as they're supposed to. I wasted a lot of time today trying to get this thing to work properly. I think it's generally a good product, just not as good as Nuance tells us it is. Their support system is also pretty bad. Well her products are good customer support is very bad..Version: 1.0.7

Do not get this appUsed it for a two days and made the mistake of buying a month subscription. I tried to cancel it multiple times follow all the steps to cancel the rolling payment yet I keep getting billed. Do not waste your time with this app..Version: 1.85.2

Astonishingly disappointingI was actually astonished at how bad this app was. It has such a great reputation, maybe that’s just for the desktop version? I tried using this for a writing project on an iPhone 11 in American English. It was slow, rarely understood my speech when a common proper name happened to be included, the command functions worked maybe one time out of seven, and I spent most of my time typing and arguing with it. For comparison, I’m using the native voice to text feature on my phone to write this and it’s going significantly better. If you are a writer who is curious about Dragon due to the hype, the app that is simply called Dictate works much better, is very cheap, and is a slight improvement over native Apple dictation function. As for dragon, I can’t understand where this great reputation comes from. This app does nothing that it says it does. Would absolutely not recommend..Version: 1.91

Good grief haven’t they fix this yet?Now they charge a monthly or yearly subscription. Having same problem other iPhone users are having. I carefully enter my email address and password. Then the app crashes. I opened it up and enter my correct information, and received notice that I don’t exist. Really? I canceled my subscription. Open the app again, entered my information only to be told I don’t exist a second time. I canceled my subscription again. Not sure I trust them enough to return to use this wonderful service. Because there are many iPhone users you would think they’d want the revenue brought in by this app. Good grief, where are the app developers? Why hasn’t dragon figured out the issue? And for heaven sake, why are they selling it if it’s defective?.Version: 1.5

App malfunctionsDownloaded the app to try the free trial. The app randomly closed out after I signed up for the one month subscription. When I reopened it it asked me to redo the whole sign up process, but when I tapped the 1 month subscription again it said I had already successfully signed up. I then went to the sign in option and since I didn't have a password yet (app randomly closing me out and all that) I tapped the "forgot password" option. It said it would send me an email that I could use to change my password. Five attempts later and I still have not gotten an email. Keep in mind this is just all within the first 24 hours of downloading the app -- terrible first impression. I don't want to take the risk of buying a paid subscription since this is what I experienced with just the free trial..Version: 1.85.2

Disappointing... poor tech support and customer service.I tried this program in hopes that it would assist in word processing entry. Perhaps my lack of research, but the app only works in its own programming (it doesn’t allow you to use the feature in Word, Notepad or any other area. The word recognition was poor, and I became frustrated with it within an hour and stopped using it. Cancelling the monthly subscription led to more frustration. The website leads you to the order page and the instruction to “manage your subscription” which is not visible on either my IPad or IPhone... a call the tech support, a first line tech and a supervisor, then to a “shop” staff finally allowed Nuance to cancel my subscription... but none of the three could instruct me on how to do so myself. I’ve used Dragon software in the past and had great results, however this version was not usable in my situation..Version: 1.80

It's like they don't want you to log in!Purchased this through the app. However no way to log in. Can't get support as no log in details! I'm sure it's a great app (I love dragon desktop), but if you purchase through the app, there is no way to log in. I get the feeling Nuance have invested heavily in skilled voice recognition engineers, but nothing in usability. It's like using software from 15 years ago!! (It took my IT team half an hour to install Dragon v15 recently - and lots of swearing!). As I can't log in I have clearly canceled my subscription. Shame, as it's probably quite good..Version: 1.7

If you are looking for an aggravating experience this is the right app for youI never even got to the use the app. The app is broken you receive the notification from apple that the subscription is active and then you can’t sign into the app. It says the email address doesn’t exist in there system. So I canceled it and tried their web site. Not any better you go through the whole purchase and then go back to the app and again it says email doesn’t exist in there data base after you receive an email to that same email with the receipt of your purchase. Then you go back to there web site to log into your account and after entering log in info page reloads and goes back to log in screen saying unknown error. Contacting customer service the next day was a waste of time also. It is amazing if this company is able to get any money from customers. Nothing works you cant even attempt to use the product. They really need to revamp there purchase process. Maybe someday i will actually be able to try the app. Someone from this company should actually try to purchase there own product so they can see how broken the process is. Complete fail..Version: 1.5

Profiteering / Crashes / Huge charges!This is a good app conceptually. But it crashes uploading to dbox. Charges are crippling, and yet it's a joke the whole app catastrophically crashing.. repeatedly !!!?? They may as well raid my bank account. It's just not acceptable. Apple, surely there's a law against taking from customers, without reasonably delivering in return? Nuance - this is a FATAL crashing too. I've relinked Dropbox, tried to connect from fresh, but same impasse. There should be NO debits with a service this broken !!!.Version: 1.0.7

Very disappointingQuite disappointed in this app. It is a free download but you must then subscribe to use in any way. While there is a one week trial this doesn’t seem like an honest approach. The app doesn’t even indicate that it has in app purchases, an the subscription will automatically be deducted from your iTunes account- very poor practice..Version: 1.5

Surprised how poor this isHaving 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..Version: 1.89.1

AvoidPosting here because no other way to contact them. Note no response from them here, to me or other reviews. Unable to recover previous account - continuously ‘unable to reach server’. Unable to register NEW account - goes through iTunes purchase, takes my money then hangs before creating account because, yes, unable to reach server. All day. For a week. Go to their site for help and it’s stuck with a pop up asking me to choose country - that just reloads every time. Would give 0 stars if possible, for appalling onboarding and support. Can’t tell if product actually works..Version: 1.0.8

Not worth the moneyThe payment gateway is the worst that I have ever seen. The product accuracy is essentially not much better than Siri dictating into Microsoft Word. Unless you have a very specific need for this product it does not remotely reach the standard of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking products for either PC or the Mac. I have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking since version two and I am deeply disappointed at the result..Version: 1.0.1

Good when it works but frequently doesn’t.I have found that you more often than not get the “error on the speech recognition server. Please try again later” message when trying to use this app than you don’t. Not sure how they can justify charging for this when it fails to work so frequently. It should be a free add onto dragon dictate for this reason. I wouldn’t recommend purchasing this for this very reason right now..Version: 1.91

No supportI’m a long term (and happy) Dragon Dictate user. I can’t say the same about Anywhere. I’ve subscribed, but can’t get past the login page. I get the message about my password not being recognised. I put in my email and don’t get no reply. Support is ridiculously hard to find. I’ve just cancelled my subscription and deleted the app..Version: 1.86

KBidUsed this successfully for almost 2 months but then kept on getting an error message disabling use, which despite numerous calls and emails, Nuance were unable to deal with. Also had 2 dodgy looking emails from ‘Nuance’ (which they said they didn’t send) giving me a new password. All very dubious and disappointing..Version: 1.83


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