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Chapter 12: Configuring administrative features in Dragon
Administrative Settings: Scheduled
Tasks tab
The Scheduled Tasks tab of the Administrative settings dialog box allows you to schedule
Accuracy Tuning and Data Collection for all User Profiles created with this installation of Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
Accuracy Tuning
Schedule Accuracy Tuning to help Dragon to learn from you and make your dictation more accu-
rate. Accuracy Tuning runs the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer to update your User Pro-
file with
n frequently dictated word sequences
n acoustic data from any corrections you make, including with the keyboard
n trained words
n commands used
n any additional training you perform
Enabled scheduled AccuracyTuning
Check to turn on periodic scheduled acoustic model tuning for all users.
Clear this checkbox if you want to disable Accuracy Tuning for the User Profile. The setting is
enabled by default.
Configure
Click Configure to open the Select Frequency, Data Collection tab and set the Data Col-
lection schedule. You are immediately asked to log in with your Windows Administrator password
to make a schedule change. After you log in, you can set one schedule for Acoustic model tuning
and another for Language Model tuning by clicking the appropriate tab and choosing Daily ,
Weekly , or Monthly and the start date and time.
Data Collection
Enable Scheduled Data Collection—Check to allow Nuance to collect up to 500 MB of acous-
tic data and text from your dictation sessions. Once the data is collected, you have the option of
sending it to Nuance to help improve the accuracy of future versions of Dragon Professional. No
personal information is ever sent to Nuance and participation is voluntary.
n Click Configure to set the schedule for data collection. You are immediately asked to
log in with your Windows Administrator password to make a schedule change. After
you log in, you can choose Daily , Weekly , or Monthly and the start date and time.
Let the user choose when to run Accuracy Tuning and Data Collection—Check to give
users access to this tab, effectively allowing them to change the schedules for Accuracy Tuning
and Data Collection.
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