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Please see the following blog post for more details: Dragon Ceases to Function in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook.

You may wish to solicit the assistance of your IT support. Should you attempt any of the following, please note that Speakeasy Solutions is not responsible for any results that occur. As a result, Dragon’s functionality is impeded, resulting in a very poor experience for the user only to be compounded by every application’s support team blaming the other for the disconnect.īelow are a series of steps that can be taken in an attempt to resolve the issues between Dragon and Microsoft Outlook. While Dragon does try to “play well” with others, some applications are written to brute force their way into Microsoft Outlook. On the flipside, there are often numerous other applications that put their “hooks” into Microsoft Outlook as well. When Dragon is installed on a computer it needs to put its “hooks” (add-ins) into many applications, most notably Microsoft Office products. However, the actual instigator is Microsoft Outlook (I am the first to admit when Dragon is the culprit). There are a variety of reasons why this happens. Why Does Dragon Not Function in Microsoft Outlook? Thankfully, there are a number of troubleshooting steps that can be taken to determine the cause. For lawyers, professionals, and even some physicians, when Dragon and Outlook are at war, the frustrations run deep. One of the most problematic unions on a computer exists between Dragon speech recognition ( Dragon Professional Individual, Dragon Professional Group, Dragon Medical Practice Edition, and so on) and Microsoft Outlook.

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