delbarto,
Welcome to the forum.
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This dictation is being done in Dragon and inside of Windows 7 64-bit.
Apparently my version of Dragon naturally speaking (version 11) works good in Windows 7. However, there is a very serious problem. I activated this product using my windows XP operating system. I have also installed windows seven 64-bit on this same computer. Both operating systems are legitimate.
Now here's the problem. Apparently Dragon cannot figure it out that I have to operating systems on one computer and is asking me to buy another license so I can have the Dragon installed on two computers. But I'm not using it on two computers nor can I use two instances of it at the same time. I have only one mouth and I am not double tongued.
My handicap is much, much less that your handicap. I lost sight of one eyeball and am not able to read normally. I have to wear glasses and being a foot away from the screen in order to read clearly. It is not that my eye is out of focus, it's just that the central part of the inter eye is not able to recognize objects correctly. It comes from a childhood problem I had that was not a problem until I lost the sight of my once good retina of the right eye.
Anyway, after a bit it finally let me go ahead and start dictating using Windows 7. I suppose in a few days and all night me again about buying a license for this version of the Dragon. I'm not even going to try to install it on Windows 10. It works good enough on Windows 7, so I'll just boot up Windows 7 whenever I want to use the Dragon.
And yes, I have to use the DragonPad. Trying to use other software becomes very difficult. So I use the DragonPad and save it in the RTF style. When posting on computer Hope I do not try to use the Dragon inside of the text box on the computer Hope website.
I certainly admire your patience and endurance to deal with your handicap. I understand what it means to become discouraged and feel like just giving up on everything. And then after thinking about it for a while, I realize I have nothing to complain about all. Other people have things much worse than I do.
Here on computer Hope there are some really nice people that will help you out. I still come back here even though sometimes I annoy other people and they get irritated with me for my ranting and carrying on about things that should not be an issue. Well, when a person is very frustrated, even little things become an issue.
Please come back here to the computer Hope form anytime you feel like it and say anything you want about anything.
Now here's a comment about the possible future Windows 10
. The future Windows 10 is very uncertain. At some point in time Microsoft is going to have to come to a fork in the road. In fact, they already have. It's not possible to have one version of Windows 10 that will satisfy everybody. Some features necessary in an enterprise are not needed at all in a home environment. And some of the security updates that Microsoft has made have been catastrophic.
Hundreds of users have complained they have lost the usability or functionality of their computer because of a Windows 10 update. This means that professional users must turn off the automatic updates altogether and then manually do the updates over the weekend after making a backup of the entire system. I am not exaggerating. Talk to some people that work in the big companies.
For now Microsoft will in support for Windows 7 and soon stop. . However, that is not a good enough reason to stop using Windows 7. It will continue to be the preferred operating system for many people for a long time to come.
I recomend you use Windows 7.Now is the time for me to stop talking.
Come back again. EDIT: Some statements have been made to the effedt that Dragon now works with Windows 10 correctly. But before you try it, ceck with the nuance web site and see what they now say.
http://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/Custom/pbPage.resp-dragon-naturallyspeaking-home-13IMO the user should not have to buy a new version to fix what shouldlnly be a mere compatibiluty issue. Put another way, it is a problem with Nuance, not Microosft. Nuance might just undergo a huge change due to poor leadership. It is not a very new company. By now they ought to have a grip on what they do.
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/nuance.htmlBut I will continue to use it anyway.