Speechmike and Airbridge and Dragon Medical One

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DariusR1

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I have managed to use a speechmike air with the standard microphone stand via parallels and windows 10. This allows me to use dragon medical one speech recognition. When I can use the mini USB dongle (airbridge) however the device is recognized as a dumb microphone and the button on the microphone do not work and speech recognition does not occur. Philips's own control center does not recognize the speechmike if it is connected via the airbridge mini dongle. Any suggestions?
 
Unfortunately as of today, the airbridge can be recognised properly on the Mac side only. I have been unsuccessful in having my SpeechMike Air + Airbridge recognized successfully in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
 
Thank you.
I have asked Speak-IT if they can liaise with Philips if they could potentially tweak the firmware on the airbridge to work the same way as the standard connection. I am not confident if this will result in anything soon.
 
Hoping for better luck on your end. Philips' reply to my support ticket returned the following response :
We do not support Parallels, we support Windows or a Mac but not Windows running on a Mac. However, I did check with third level support.
Other than checking to make sure the firmware is the most recent version 4.66 they have no other suggestions.​
 
Does the SpeeckMike work correctly for you with the usb station ? (not with Airbridge). For me, it works only a few second and that's all... after freeze and error. Same thing with another app.
 
Hi,

I happened to test this this morning for myself, current and future Apple clients
With latest firmware version 4.68 and Airbridge at 1.13 and Parallels v18.1.0 (53311)

SpeechMike Premium Air when using the docking and the Airbridge works perfectly in Windows 11 on a Mac with M1 processor

Cheers,

Albert
VocalTek Solutions Inc.
 
I also have managed to get Dragon Medical One to work with Speechmike Premium Air with Airbridge, Parallels 19 running Windows 10 on MacBook Pro Intel Core i9 with Sonoma 14.
 
It sounds like the issue may be related to driver recognition or device mapping through Parallels rather than Dragon Medical One itself. Since the SpeechMike works with the standard microphone setup but not through the AirBridge dongle, try checking whether the USB device is being assigned correctly to Windows instead of macOS inside Parallels.
You can also try reinstalling the Philips device drivers and the Philips Speech Control software within Windows, then reconnect the AirBridge dongle. If Philips Control Center is not detecting the device, it usually indicates a driver or USB pass-through issue. In Parallels, go to USB & Bluetooth settings and manually connect the AirBridge to Windows whenever it is plugged in.

Additionally, ensure that microphone permissions are enabled in both macOS Sonoma and Windows, and test whether the buttons are recognized in Philips Speech Control before launching Dragon Medical One.

SpeechMike Premium Air with AirBridge on Parallels 19 and Windows 10, it may also help to compare driver versions and Parallels USB settings to match a working configuration.
 
It sounds like the SpeechMike itself is working, since audio passes through the AirBridge dongle, but the HID/button functions are not being passed correctly to Windows under Parallels. Dragon Medical One relies on those control signals, so if Philips Device Control Center (PDCC) doesn't detect the SpeechMike when connected via AirBridge, DMO won't receive dictation commands.

A few things to try:

  • In Parallels, make sure the AirBridge USB dongle is connected directly to the Windows VM and not shared with macOS.

  • Install the latest Philips Device Control Center and SpeechMike drivers inside Windows.

  • Check Device Manager to see whether the AirBridge is recognized as a Philips HID device or only as a generic USB audio device.

  • Test with a wired USB connection. If the buttons work when wired, the issue is likely with USB pass-through of the wireless dongle.

  • Update Parallels Tools and, if possible, test with a newer version of Parallels, as older versions have had problems with specialized USB HID devices.
I have seen similar issues where AirBridge audio worked, but the control interface did not. In those cases, assigning the dongle exclusively to Windows or using the SpeechMike in wired mode was the most reliable solution. Has anyone managed to get full AirBridge functionality (including button controls) working under Parallels?
 
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