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No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

12.50.000.142 1.92%
12.50.000.065 23.08%
12.00.100.010 5.77%
12.00.100.010 13.46%
11.50.100.040 7.69%
11.50.100.039 9.62%
11.00.200.430 1.92%
11.00.200.401 1.92%
11.00.200.206 1.92%
11.00.200.090 1.92%
11.00.200.049 17.31%
11.00.200.049 1.92%
11.00.200.049 11.54%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

dgnsvc.exe

Dragon NaturallySpeaking by Nuance Communications (Signed)

Remove dgnsvc.exe
Version:   12.50.000.065
MD5:   cca30a1f8398b46431a03cf6bb0f8789
SHA1:   6139a389c4eeef14a6ce4c6a520133e2f84bb27c
SHA256:   98eb10f1021bb51a7c427fc518e63569273dc98a74f02adc7c6a86ebfd11c093

What is dgnsvc.exe?

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service for Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows PCs. NaturallySpeaking uses a minimal user interface. As an example, dictated words appear in a floating tooltip as they are spoken, and when the speaker pauses, the program transcribes the words into the active window at the location of the cursor.

About dgnsvc.exe (from Nuance Communications)

Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to

DetailsDetails

File name:dgnsvc.exe
Publisher:Nuance Communications, Inc.
Product name:Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Description:Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\nuance\dgnsvc.exe
Original name:DgnSvc
File version:12.50.000.065
Size:303.89 KB (311,184 bytes)
Build date:2/11/2013 4:31 PM
Certificate
Issued to:Nuance Communications
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Expiration date:Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'DragonSvc' (Dragon Service)
  • DragonSvc

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00002433%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00001518%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00000915%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:19 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:6,788/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:1/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.88 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.1 MB
Private (minimum):4.85 MB
Non-paged memory:1.88 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:62.06 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):64.96 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.05 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.11 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,690/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O other transfer:7 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:94
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\nuance\dgnsvc.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:DragonSvc
Display name:Dragon Service
Description:“Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service”
Type:Win32ShareProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
dgnsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00011371%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00010496%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000875%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:2,841/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:340 KB
1.16 MB
wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00008859%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00008859%
CPU cycles:1,632/sec
Memory:252 KB
wow64cpu.dll
Total CPU:0.00001166%
Kernel CPU:0.00001166%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:212/sec
Memory:32 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 19.23%
Windows 8 Pro 9.62%
Windows 7 Professional 5.77%
Windows Vista Home Premium 5.77%
Windows Vista Business 3.85%
Windows 8.1 1.92%
Windows 8 1.92%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.92%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 73.08% of Dragon NaturallySpeaking .

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 38.46%
Hewlett-Packard 25.00%
Toshiba 19.23%
Acer 5.77%
Sahara 3.85%
Alienware 3.85%
Samsung 1.92%
GIGABYTE 1.92%
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