Writing Setup
How I Setup Dragon to Dictate in Emacs
Saving my hands one spoken word at a time
Making Emacs and Dragon Professional 15 play nicely together requires five minutes and a copy of Window Detective — a freely available open-source program.
This method enables a dumb Dragon without full Select-and-Say capability. I created custom Dragon commands that use Emacs’ built-in editing capabilities instead. This works for me, but I’ve also spent the last 20 years living in Emacs. Your mileage may vary.
Setup Dragon to Work with Emacs
Open Window Detective and Emacs side-by-side.
Click the “Pick window” button in Window Detective and drag it over to Emacs.
Right-click on the selected item in Window Detective and click properties. Write down the window name from the selected item on the left side and the window class name from the Window Class tab in the properties.
Locate the nsapps.ini file associated with your Dragon installation. Right-click on the file and select open as administrator.
Scroll to the bottom and enter the following:
[WindowName]
App Support GUID={dd100104-6205-11cf-ae61-0000e8a28647}
[WindowName\Enable Class…