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# Rich Internet Application Support

When you installed Dragon Dictate, the Web Plug-In package was installed by default. It enables Dragon Dictate to work with the Rich Internet Application Extensions for Safari and Firefox. The first time you launch Safari or Firefox, you will be prompted to download and install the extension for that browser; follow the prompt in the dialog. The extensions are part of Dragon Dictate’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) functionality, which lets you dictate text and perform commands in many web pages, as well as in Gmail.

See the user manual to learn how to make sure the extensions are active in your web browser of choice and how to disable them, if you want.

When you visit a web site with the Dragon Dictate extension enabled in either Safari or Firefox, you can say Click X, where X is the name of the link. Depending on the web page and the number of links it contains, you may be able to use just a word or two with the command to click the link. For example, if you are using browser-based email and a link on the page says, “You have new messages in your in box,” you will likely be able to say Click You to click it.

However, on a web site like Wikipedia, where pages can have many links, you will probably need to use more words. Dragon Dictate also offers a simpler way to navigate link-filled pages with the Show Links command, which places a number on each link on the page. Say Choose N, where N is the number of the link you want to click. Say Cancel to dismiss the numbers.

You can use Dragon Dictate’s browser extensions with Gmail. Make sure you are logged in before dictating text and using commands. Say Click Compose to start a new email. You can then dictate text into the body of the email.