Dragon Medical One vs. Fusion Narrate: Comparing the Cloud-Based Speech Recognition Platforms

To help you get a better understanding of which speech recognition solution best fits your company, we’ve put together a comprehensive Dragon Medical One vs. Fusion Narrate comparison. In this article, we’ll provide a Dragon software comparison against Fusion Narrate to show what they have in common as well as the unique offerings of both.


Dragon Medical One vs. Fusion Narrate

Installation

Both Fusion Narrate and Dragon Medical One (DMO) are available on desktop and mobile, with support for both iOS and Android. Fusion Narrate also offers iOS and Android speech keyboards. Both support XCOPY and MSI installation methods for desktop installation and allow users to opt-in to auto-updates from the cloud.

Fusion Narrate can also be used on Mac computers with desktop virtualization software like Parallels. Installation for Fusion Narrate is web-based and doesn’t require local admin rights; it also has a small footprint with a <15 MB install. Dragon Medical One also has a relatively small footprint with a 60+ MB install.

Shortcuts

Advanced speech recognition solutions, including Fusion Narrate and DMO, allow you to record keystrokes and save them as a shortcut. These shortcuts can run a sequence of multiple steps involving keystrokes, opening an application, or delaying the next step. In other words, you can create voice-enabled macros to quickly perform tasks on your desktop or phone.

Fusion Narrate allows you to create voice commands using image capture and fast searching, known as Vision Click. This makes it possible to press a button or perform a task on different screen sizes. Fusion Narrate has built-in pathology commands that allow for advanced numbered list formatting for specimen labels. There are also built-in commands for controlling the application you are dictating in, whether that be an EHR, a web browser, or a word processor.

Fusion Narrate Shortcut Builder

Fusion Narrate Shortcut Builder

Fusion Narrate also allows customization options like multi-step shortcuts, AutoIt scripted shortcuts, VBScript based shortcuts, configurable function keys on the microphone to use shortcuts, and sound shortcuts with text to speech. Administrators in Fusion Narrate can configure and test voice commands without a license. This means IT professionals can manage organization and individual users’ shortcuts on both client and console.

Customization options

Both Fusion Narrate and DMO allow users to configure microphone buttons, as well as a foot pedals. Several foot pedals and microphones – including tabletop, headset, and wireless microphones – are compatible with both speech recognition solutions.

Fusion Narrate also gives users the ability to configure their microphone, function key, and various other settings – it also allows admins to set defaults or configure these settings for a division or group. Alongside this, Fusion Narrate offers integrated and customizable tablet controls.

Fusion Narrate customization options don’t just stop at shortcuts. You can also customize display settings with multiple user interface themes, the ability to show a preview of the recognized text, and support for transparency display settings.

You can also set Fusion Narrate to spell out small numbers, automatically adjust your microphone recording level, and self-edit more easily with drop-down option boxes with free text and multi-select in your active speech window.

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Information security and support

Both Dragon Medical One and Fusion Narrate are cloud-based speech recognition solutions. As cloud-based solutions, both have support for running as a Citrix application with USB microphone and running over RDP with USB microphone. To ensure security, both DMO and Fusion Narrate offer trusted authentication and LDAP authentication integration.

Fusion Narrate makes it possible to securely cache credentials, synchronize the logged-in user with another application, and send technical support a message from within the application. Fusion Narrate also offers a built-in internet bandwidth tester.


Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is the difference between Fusion Narrate and Dragon?

Fusion Narrate is a cloud-based speech recognition software developed by Dolbey and Company and powered by nVoq, while Dragon Medical One is developed by Nuance Communications. Fusion Narrate offers a more advanced shortcut builder, more customization options, and non-restrictive, non-vendor-defined integration with EHRs, LISs, and other healthcare applications.

  1. What does Dragon Medical One cost? What does Fusion Narrate cost?

Dragon Medical One is currently available for $1,713 for a one-year prepaid subscription. Fusion Narrate is available for $1,350 for a one-year prepaid subscription.

  1. Are Fusion Narrate or Dragon Medical One Mac-compatible?

Neither Fusion Narrate or Dragon Medical One are compatible with Mac devices out-of-the-box. It is possible to use desktop virtualization software like Parallels to utilize these speech recognition solutions on a Mac computer.


Nuance’s Dragon Medical One alternatives

Fusion Narrate is a cheaper, more dynamic alternative to Dragon Medical One as a cloud-based speech recognition software for healthcare. If you’re looking for Dragon Medical One alternatives, the best option on the market is Fusion Narrate powered by nVoq.

Fusion Narrate is an excellent speech recognition solution and a powerful alternative to Dragon medical dictation. If you’re looking for a new speech recognition solution or a Dragon Medical alternative, consider Fusion Narrate. To learn more about Fusion Narrate, you can contact us or try it out with a 14-day free trial.

Posted by Brian Gaysunas

Marketing Manager