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Dragon dictation for email updated - Now supports BlackBerry Tour smartphones

by Bla1ze on 8 Jun 2010 05:11 PM
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Dragon dictation for email updated - Now supports BlackBerry Tour smartphones

The Dragon for email application is simply put, awesome! I have it on numerous devices (BlackBerry and iPad) and it has never failed with dictating my emails so far. Sure, at first it had some issues with my "aboots" and "eh's" but once you learn to get past that it's pretty sweet.

The intial realese of Dragon was not that great for some BlackBerry Tour owners though. Many experienced issues with the application not loading correctly or just simply not working at all. Nuance, the makers of Dragon for email have corrected the issue with their latest release which is currently available via BlackBerry App World. Honestly, I'm not sure as to when it was updated exactly but I am told this will resolve the issue for Sprint Tour owners. Sadly, the app is only available in the US so if you live elsewhere you may have issues finding a direct download for the latest version which is currently sitting at 1.6.2.

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps; Tags: BlackBerry Tour 9630, Dragon, Dragon for Email
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32 Comments

Posted by Yandar Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 716 days ago

So, as per usual, the rest of the World can @#&% off. #FAIL

 
 
Posted by dasDestruktion Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 716 days ago

Good to see someone still cares about the 9630! :D Thanks for the update Nuance!!!

 
 
Posted by nez Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

Can someone please post a link for non-US people???

 
 
Posted by kevin620627 Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

where u from

 
 
Posted by nez Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

Vancouver, BC - using Bell

 
 
Posted by kevin620627 Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

it says it not available for the 8530 or the carrier. tomorrow i going to get the bold 9650 so maybe it will work on that.

 
 
Posted by lewisc1979 Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

I have the 9650 and I'm getting the same message.

 
 
Posted by chevrolet.racing252 Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

I am IN the us and on USCellular with a tour and the link tells me to download bb app world and mentions nothing about the dragon software.

 
 
Posted by Propa Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

Downloaded it and quickly deleted it

 
 
Posted by Sbartzen Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

Apparently it is carrier specific, It says it's not available for my device or carrier.

 
 
Posted by ricking Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

hi i tried to dl it on my 8530 curve from sprint and it will not let me. whays up with that!!!

 
 
Posted by red72 Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

Loaded it as soon as it came out. Maybe a month ago, if that long. Always worked for me. It's a great app. Sure some spelling issues, but my thumbs a thankful for this app.

 
 
Posted by baziz24 Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

yay my luck.

It does not work for 8520 on at&t.

 
 
Posted by marscrime Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

Awesome app! Thanks developers!!!

 
 
Posted by hudres Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

While at first glance this may seem like a great program, just as its big brother, Dragon Naturally Speaking is, you should carefully read the EULA before using this program. I read it, and had my attorney read and confirm my assessment. When you accept this EULA, the program not only sends the entire list of names in your address book to Dragon (no e-mails or other data according to the EULA), but this program also sends all e-mails created with it to the Dragon server for processing. Now, if nothing you do is relevant or important or confidential, this is probably fine. But if you are a serious business user, you may want to stick to typing.

Caveat Emptor

 
 
Posted by Hypnotic Tuesday, Jun 08, 2010 715 days ago

WTF? No support for us Sprint users? What gives?

 
 
Posted by rlmesq Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

BBtweeps has OTA links to free apps "liberated" from AppWorld for those of us who don't want to install the Crapworld client. http://ota.bbtweeps.com/

 
 
Posted by BlackB_G Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

Dude you know you're the truth? Nice one homie.

 
 
Posted by nogutsnoglory Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

The App world version is 1.6.2, but the version I installed a few months ago is 3.0.0.18. Is the new version a step back?

Current 3.0.0.18 version works flawlessly. Not sure I will upgrade.

 
 
Posted by djspray Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

Is there anything else new to this version? I have the 3.X version installed on my Tour 9630, and its been working fine for a month. Any reason to upgrade?

 
 
Posted by NymphBerry Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

Just downloaded this app and I'm loving it. It works great on my Tour. No more typing long e-mails...yeah

 
 
Posted by falesq Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

I had Dragon installed on my Verizon 9630 Tour. I recently purchased a new 9650 Bold from Verizon and discovered that when I went into App World to re-download Dragon onto my Bold, I got a message that said Dragon is not available for my device or my carrier. This is very strange because it has been my experience that all the apps that worked on my Tour have also been working on my Bold, so why not Dragon? Also, why does App World say that Dragon is not available for Verizon? Can someone explain this?

 
 
Posted by jncryer Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

really like this app. i ended up taking it off my phone, though. i dont use email enough to need dictation for email. BBM and text messaging is another story, however. Dragon needs to incorporate these applications in their next release...

 
 
Posted by 754boy Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

Exactly what I was about to post. Don't really email alot but I installed it anyway. Please add SMS and BBM support!

 
 
Posted by tmwitkemper Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

Thanks for the post and the update, I really need to get this app. Nuance does a great job with voice rec and I can't wait until we reach the point where we can control everything via voice.

 
 
Posted by marsle Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

The only way to launch the Dragon app is with the left side button. It does not work, my button stays at its present setting and will not launch the new Dragon app.. I uninstalled Dragon.

 
 
Posted by BrennB Wednesday, Jun 09, 2010 715 days ago

I tried this a while back and Sprint phones aren't supported. I even was able to locate a download but when i went to open it I got the message that its not supported. I emailed them and they had no solid answer about whether sprint users would have the service or not in the future.:(

 
 
Posted by lilnin Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 714 days ago

downloaded on my Tour with Verizon. Works but has some quirks.

 
 
Posted by LrdAnkh Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 714 days ago

I have tried to download this via the apps world, and i am not given an option for download, I contacted their support which had me verify that I was running 5.0.0.419 and that my browser was set to BlackBerry browser and finally to do a battery pull. All done and still cannot download it, does anyone have a direct link or a link to another way of downloading this?

 
 
Posted by rlmesq Friday, Jun 11, 2010 713 days ago

Since you apparently missed my earlier post, about ten above yours...

BBtweeps has OTA links to free apps "liberated" from AppWorld for those of us who don't want to install the Crapworld client. http://ota.bbtweeps.com/

 
 
Posted by pittsy12 Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 714 days ago

Installed it but it requires a convenience key. Problem is, I already have QuickLaunch and vLingo setup on them. Oh well... Not removing either of those for this.

 
 
Posted by BlackB_G Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 714 days ago

Just so you know... scroll up and source out the downloadable version if you're not in the US. I'm in the UK on Orange pay as u go and downloaded it from the underground source not app world.

Works brilliantly.