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Chapter 1: Introduction to Dragon 11
Upgrading User Profiles to Dragon 11
Dragon 11 supports upgrading User Profiles from versions 9, 9.1, 9.5, 9.6, 10.0, and 10.1. An
administrator cannot upgrade User Profiles from earlier versions to Dragon 11 .
An administrator updates User Profiles after Dragon 11 is installed on a computer. Dragon User
Profiles can no longer be upgraded during installation, as was possible in previous versions of
Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
After installing Dragon 11 , in the Open User profile dialog box, if an administrator selects a User
Profile that needs to be updated, Dragon displays a dialog that gives the administrator the option
of upgrading the User Profile now (by pressing OK) or upgrading the User Profile later (by press-
ing Cancel).
If the administrator selects OK, Dragon displays the User Profile Upgrade Wizard which lets the
administrator select a destination for the upgraded profiles and start the upgrade process.
When an administrator upgrades a User Profile, if DRA data is available for the User Profile, the
data is processed during the upgrade. The total amount of data that is processed is equivalent to
30 minutes of data or less, depending on how much data is available. The upgrade process will
try to use the latest 30 minutes of data.
The User Profile Upgrade Wizard provides the administrator with the opportunity to schedule
acoustic optimization. This allows additional DRA data beyond the initial 30 minutes, to be proc-
essed. The User Profile Upgrade Wizard updates one User Profile at a time.
If the administrator upgrades User Profiles from Dragon version 10, and the profiles contain Aus-
tralian, Indian, or Southeast Asian acoustic models, the upgrade process maps the vocabularies
from UK English to the appropriate dialect-specific vocabulary.
Note: If a user is using Dragon version 8.x or earlier, they can re-use custom words and com-
mands in Dragon 11 . However, vocabularies from version 8.x cannot be upgraded.
1. In Dragon 8.x or earlier, export the custom words and commands
2. In Dragon 11 , create a new User Profile
3. In Dragon 11 , import the custom words and commands
See the Dragon Help for information on exporting and importing custom words and commands.
Controlling updates to the acoustic model of a User Profile
Dragon 11 includes the Save acoustic information option in the Roaming tab of the Admin-
istrative Setting dialog. The Save acoustic information option is only available when the
Roaming feature is enabled.
An administrator selects the Save acoustic information option to make sure that acoustic infor-
mation is saved along with a local User Profile. The option is enabled by default. By saving the
acoustic information, any corrections a user makes will be immediately available after they close
and re-open the User Profile. Setting this option also ensures that the corrections will be syn-
chronized between the Local and Master Roaming User Profile if an administrator enables the
Always copy acoustic information to network option.
This option is turned on by default
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