Dragon Anywhere

by Microsoft / Nuance

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Mobile dictation app from Nuance for iOS and Android.

iOS, Android  ·  from $14.99/mo

TL;DR

Best for mobile professionals who want desktop-grade dictation accuracy on iPhone or Android. Pricing: from $14.99/mo.

Category
Products
Pricing
from $14.99/mo
Platforms
iOS, Android

What it is

Dragon Anywhere brings Nuance dictation to iPhone and Android with cloud profile sync to Dragon Professional on the desktop.

Best for: Mobile professionals who want desktop-grade dictation accuracy on iPhone or Android.
Watch out for: Subscription required; expensive compared to free OS dictation.

Install / use

nuance.com/dragon — subscription

What people actually do with Dragon Anywhere-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported6
HIPAA eligibleNo

Dragon Anywhere vs Whipscribe

FeatureDragon AnywhereWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages699
PlatformsiOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Dragon Anywhere

Frequently asked about Dragon Anywhere

How much does Dragon Anywhere cost?

Dragon Anywhere is a paid product — published pricing: from $14.99/mo. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Dragon Anywhere work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Dragon Anywhere runs on iOS and Android. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond iOS and Android.

How do I get started with Dragon Anywhere?

There is nothing to install — Dragon Anywhere is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Dragon Anywhere support?

Dragon Anywhere lists 6 languages.

What are the limitations of Dragon Anywhere?

Subscription required; expensive compared to free OS dictation.

Who is Dragon Anywhere best for?

Mobile professionals who want desktop-grade dictation accuracy on iPhone or Android.

Is Dragon Anywhere open source?

No. Dragon Anywhere is a proprietary product from Microsoft / Nuance. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use Dragon Anywhere in the browser?

No — Dragon Anywhere is a iOS and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

Who makes Dragon Anywhere?

Dragon Anywhere is made by Microsoft / Nuance.

What kind of tool is Dragon Anywhere?

In this directory Dragon Anywhere is filed under product as a product.

What are the alternatives to Dragon Anywhere?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/dragon-anywhere-alternatives comparing Dragon Anywhere with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Dragon Anywhere-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Dragon Anywhere?

Dragon Anywhere is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Dragon Anywhere?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Dragon Anywhere category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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