How to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Apple AirPods?

Posted by Nuance Dragon Technical Support on August 13th, 2019

Are you also wondering how you can use Apple AirPods as a microphone with Dragon NaturallySpeaking software?

If you are curious to know whether you can use it with Dragon or not, please go through this blog.

Well, there’s no doubt that the microphone quality of Apple AirPods has not match! So, why not to use it with Dragon Speech Recognition Software?

Let’s give it a try!

Connect Apple AirPods to PC

To use Apple AirPods with Dragon, you need to first connect them with your PC.  

You can simply keep the AirPods in their charging case with the lid open.

To connect it with PC, you can press the button given on backside of AirPods and keep pressing this button until the LED lid starts to blink. This means, the AirPods are now connected to the PC.

Now, you can go to the Bluetooth Settings of your PC and switch it on. Now click on the + sign to add new Bluetooth device to PC.

Once you’ll click on the + sign, you can find the Bluetooth of AirPods and connect with it. After connecting AirPods with PC, you can easily use them in Dragon Software.

How to Use AirPods with Dragon?

To use AirPods with Dragon, create a new user profile in Dragon and select AirPods as source of microphone. Now test the voice dictation in an empty MS Office Word Doc.

You start speaking the text in AirPods and see if the Dragon can type the text in Microsoft Word Document. After dictating, please verify whether the text you dictated is error-free or not.

If the voice dictation goes well, you can continue your work further with Dragon by using Apple AirPods.

What If AirPods Stops Working or Doesn’t Respond?

While you have connected the Apple AirPods with Dragon, you might expect that it would go fine and smooth. But it doesn’t happen every time.

Many users have reported the issue that AirPods suddenly stops responding or Dragon loses its connection, so they can’t perform their tasks smoothly.

If you also face any such problems with Dragon and AirPods, try disconnecting it and then reconnecting it at the first time.

If it doesn’t work, you may contact to our Dragon Support Services on toll-free number +1-844-600-1928 and discuss the problem with us. Our customer support executives will try their best to provide you relevant solution in no time.