Problem uploading an Uno build of a program to the VR3 board

Good afternoon,
I have an EasyVR3 Speech Recognition Module and Eleegoo UNO R3. I’m trying to use the EasyVR3 module without a shield as a stand-alone board, as is described on pg 18 of the owner's manual. I have it connected through a QuickUSB (USB to UART cable).
I’ve been through the voice training using the EasyVR Commander, and after adding the functionality I desired, I’ve got the pre-generated code to compile. All goes well, I have successfully tested uploading the code to the UNO R3 board. When I try to upload to the EasyVR3 module I get the following error: “avrdude: stk500_getSync() attempt 1 of 10: resp=0x00”. With 10 attempts, before getting “An error occurred while uploading the sketch”.
I can confirm that the port is connected by using EasyVR Commander as if I was still training the speech module. I can’t connect the board in the Arduino programming window. When EasyVR Commander is connected, the programming window fails to detect the VR3 module, and throws the appropriate error.

Do I have a programming problem or hardware problem? Or is there a step or something I am missing?