


Nuance needs to be told by anyone and everyone who is concerned about the phase out of standalone Dragon that this decision has consequences and as a good corportate citizen they need to reconsider. This propsed decision by Nuance has direct impacts upon their quality of life and is highly regrettable if true. Dragon Anywhere (the cloud based mobile Dragon solution being proposed as a replacement) has nothing like the feature set of Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional. Many people who have high level spinal injuries, progressive neurological disorders, and dyslexias have used Dragon Naturally Speaking to participate in employment, study, and leisure activities. While of course the software is Nuance's to do with what they will, they need to understand that people with disablities have no other high end fully featured solution available that allows them the same degree of hands free access to their PCs. If true this will place many thousands of users with disablities who rely on the software at a disadvantage. It has been reported in multiple online forums that Nuance are planning to sunset Dragon after v15.6 is released.
