# Dragon privacy rating

Commercial speech recognition software for dictation and voice control of the computer, sold as Dragon Professional for Windows and Dragon Anywhere for mobile. Made by Nuance, a Microsoft company.

## Summary

Dragon scores 0 out of 100 (grade F) on the accessibility criteria. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

- Website: https://dragon.nuance.com/en-us/dragon.html
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Windows, Android, iOS
- Home page trackers: Google Fonts (not scored), Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Accessibility](https://privacyratings.com/accessibility/)
- Grade: F (0/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The cookie statement says third-party analytics and advertising network cookies are used on Nuance websites. | https://dragon.nuance.com/en-us/cookies.html |
| No ads or data sales | No | Sold as paid software, but the cookie statement says third-party advertising networks use cookies to target Nuance ads to visitors on other sites. | https://dragon.nuance.com/en-us/cookies.html |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/accessibility/dragon/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/accessibility/dragon.md