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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
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dgnsvc.exe

Dragon NaturallySpeaking by Nuance Communications (Signed)

Remove dgnsvc.exe
Version:   12.00.100.010
MD5:   e5b942def0ee620c4cc971ef437c4af9
SHA1:   dd7c35687d87b7e0f4f312e665ca2202348e1ab6
SHA256:   f9d78f705ba995af2dcaee175294b15430eb31720527d0d778f8254e522dcde2

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:12.00.100.010
Size:302.96 KB (310,232 bytes)
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:0.00001391%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00000975%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00000416%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:101 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:16,037/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.78 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.23 MB
Private (minimum):4.98 MB
Non-paged memory:1.78 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:58.54 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):63.1 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.2 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.35 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:7,763/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:4 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:68 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:32 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:107
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:0.00004095%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00003123%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000972%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:2,063/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:336 KB
1.16 MB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:0.00000995%
Kernel CPU:0.00000498%
User CPU:0.00000498%
CPU cycles:106/sec
Memory:360 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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