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August 28, 2026

# System Requirements for Dragon Medical One

## This article provides information on the system requirements to use Dragon Medical One.

 

The following information applies to the following:

Dragon Medical One

Version 2026.3

**Operating systems**

- 32-bit: Microsoft Windows 10. Make sure that the latest service pack is always applied.
- 64-bit: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019  
  and Windows Server 2022. Make sure that the latest service pack is always applied.
  
  **Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 (or higher) is required.**

In Microsoft Windows 10 and 11, you can only use Dragon Medical One in the desktop  
environment, the Microsoft design language-based user interface (Start screen) is not  
supported.

**Processor speed**

- Minimum: 1.7 Ghz
- Recommended: 2.8 Ghz

**RAM:**

- Minimum: 512 MB
- Recommended: 2 GB

**Microphones**  
Any microphone that can record audio data in 16 kHz, 16 bit mono format.  
Nuance has tested and recommends the following microphones:

- Nuance PowerMic II, III and 4
- Philips SpeechMike Air, Philips SpeechMike Premium, Philips SpeechMike III
- Grundig Digta SonicMic II and 3, Grundig Digta CordEx, Grundig Digta 7

To work with Dragon Medical One in hands-free mode, using a foot pedal in combination with a  
microphone, you must make changes to the registry on your workstation. If you are working in  
a virtual environment, you must modify the registry settings on the virtual server for every  
Windows user that will be used to run Dragon Medical One.

**Web browsers**  
For the personalization and help window:  
Microsoft Edge WebView2. Install the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Evergreen Standalone  
component; for more information, see WebView2 - Microsoft Edge Developer.

**Text editors**

The following text editors are supported:

- TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms 10.0 - X15 and 30.0
- TX Text 29 Control in AllScripts/Altera EHR
- Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2016
- Microsoft Rich Text controls (including .NET Forms)
- Ter32, Ter13-Ter17 and Ter21-Ter23
- TEdit (for 32-bit apps), TMemo (for 32-bit apps) and TRichEdit (for 32-bit and 64-bit apps)
- Microsoft Edge WebView2 for Cerner PowerChart

Restrictions: Dragon Medical Advisor is not supported.

- WinForm Tern 29 and Tern 21 for Allscripts/Altera SCM EHR
- WPF TextBox Control for AllScripts/Altera (WPF Free Text)
- WPF RichTextBox Control

 

For more information, Check out the Microsoft Learn Center!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/healthcare/dragon-medical-one/admin/requirements

 

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