Can I still install a new version of Dragon on my computer? I currently have Dragon version 6 working on my 2015 MacBook Pro as well as my 2018 Mac Mini, both running Catalina.

In fact, ironically, Dragon 6.0.8 Running under Catalina is the most stable version of Dragon that I have ever owned! So if you already have Dragon installed you can upgrade to Catalina and it should keep working.

Yes the latest version of Dragon is 64 bit and works fine with Catalina. (Or switching to a PC so as to have access to Dragon again.) Will Dragon work with Catalina? All we have left is the possibility of keeping our current version going as long as we can.

Given the level of difficulty that Apple have caused Nuance, it seems unlikely that it will return anytime soon. But as it stands, there is no longer a version of Dragon for OSX being developed. I do not believe he would have allowed this to happen under his watch without either buying Nuance out or developing their own version of Siri used for dictation. Steve Jobs was an advocate for the advancement of all kinds of creative technologies. This is indeed a sad say, not just because of the loss of speech recognition but because this goes against everything Apple stood for. And I have sadly watched Nuance’s growing frustration with Apple that finally led them to stop supporting the OSX version of Dragon last year. I have heard this story again and again from developers who are trying to work with active. He had two lawyers in the room and was very limited to what he could say, I assume it was because of fear of being sued by Apple. Not long before they stopped developing their Apple product a senior developer from Nuance contacted me to speak about their growing frustration with Apple. It became harder and harder for them to develop on the Apple platform. In the last couple of years however, Dragon seemed to falter. It was the first ever usable speech recognition engine for Macintosh and a very exciting day for those Who had struggled through the days of Philips dictate and IBM ViaVoice! Since then Dragon has slowly but surely improved, with better accuracy and better stability with every release. Ten years ago Dragon finally arrived on the Apple Macintosh platform. (Dragon have closed down all their technical support, including their old forums.) Read on for details. I am starting an FAQ about dragon for users who would like to keep their current version of Dragon going for as long as they can.

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