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Chapter 6: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming User Profiles
Upgrading Roaming User
Profiles:Overview
This section describes how to upgrade Roaming User Profiles from Dragon NaturallySpeaking or
Dragon Medical 9.x or 10.x to Version 11.
Since the Local Roaming User Profile is a copy of a subset of the user data taken from the master
Roaming User Profile, an administrator cannot directly upgrade the Local Roaming User Profile
when they upgrade the local Dragon installation from Dragon 9.x or 10.x to Version 11.
See "Upgrading User Profiles to Dragon version 11 " in Dragon version 11 - What's New for
administrators for more information.
Notes:
n Upgrading a set of Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles to Dragon 11 leaves the
Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles unchanged. Leaving the Dragon 9.x or 10.x
files intact allows the users in the network to run Dragon 9.x or 10.x while the administrator
plans the upgrade.
n Plan to upgrade the master Roaming User Profiles at a time when User Profiles are not in use,
for example during the night or on a weekend.
n Even though the Dragon 11 User Profile Upgrade Wizard supports both mapped drives and UNC
paths, Nuance strongly recommends that administrators upgrade the Master Roaming User
Profiles on a drive on a computer where Dragon 11 is locally installed. Nuance does not
recommend that administrators upgrade the Master Roaming User Profiles across a network to
either a mapped drive or UNCpath; upgrading over a network will take a undetermined length
of time. In addition, the User Profile Upgrade Wizard does not support upgrading User Profiles
over an HTTPconnection.
n If upgrading from Dragon version 8.x or earlier to Dragon 11 , version 8.x or earlier custom
words and commands can be re-used in Dragon 11 :
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.
Step 1: Preparing to upgrade Roaming User Profiles
To upgrade Master Roaming User Profiles from a previous version of Dragon, Nuance rec-
ommends that an administrator install Dragon 11 directly on the network computer where the
Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles are located and upgrade those Master Roaming
User Profiles directly to Dragon 11 Master Roaming User Profiles.
If an administrator is unable to install Dragon where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User
Profiles are located, Nuance recommends that the administrator:
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