Chapter 19: Managing Features on the Dragon Client

This section provides information on features that you manage through the Dragon

Client rather than the Nuance Management Server. The Dragon Support Packager

Turning off Dragon's use of Microsoft Active Accessibility Service

Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses Microsoft Active Accessibility Service to let you control certain menus and dialog boxes by voice. Without Microsoft Active Accessibility Service, you would be unable to use Dragon to select menu commands and dialog box controls with your voice.

If you don't need to control the menus and dialog boxes by voice, you can speed up Dragon performance by turning off Microsoft Active Accessibility Services.

To turn off Active Accessibility Services in Dragon for all applications

1. Open the Options dialog box by selecting Tools > Options on the DragonBar.

2. Click the Miscellaneous tab.

3. Clear the Voice enable menus, buttons, and other controls, excluding box if it is selected.

4. Click OK. You will need to exit and re-start Dragon for this change to take effect.

Use a command line to turn off Active Accessibility in Dragon for specific applications

1. Exit Dragon.

2. Open nssystem.ini in a text editor. By default, nssystem.ini is located in:

C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5

See Dragon file structure for information on Dragon paths in other Windows operating systems.

3. Under [MSAA Modules Disabled], add a line similar to the following for each application where you want to disable the use of Active Accessibility Services:

<executable_name>=1

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4. Save and close nssystem.ini.

5. Re-start Dragon.

For example, to disable Dragon use of Active Accessibility Services in Microsoft Word and

Microsoft Excel, you would add the following lines to nssystem.ini:

[MSAA Modules Disabled] winword=1 excel=1

Note: If you do not know the name of an application's executable file, you can start the application from the Windows Start menu and then use the Windows Task Manager to view the list of current Windows applications. The executable names are listed under Image Name on the Processes tab. You can also right-click the application's icon and select the shortcut tab—the Target field will provide the name of the executable.

Use a GUI to turn off Active Accessibility in Dragon for specific applications

1. On the Dragon Bar, select Tools > Options.

2. Select the Miscellaneous Tab.

3. Check the Voice-enable menus, buttons, and other controls, excluding option.

4. Below the Voice-enable menus, buttons, and other controls, excluding option, open the drop-down list. The list contains installed and running applications, and also the following static applications:

- Microsoft Outlook

- Lotus Notes

- Internet Explorer

- Microsoft Word

- Microsoft Excel

- WordPerfect

5. To turn off Active Accessibility for an application, place a check mark beside the application.

6. Click OK.

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