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Dragon Installation and User Guide
Note:
Ifyoualreadyhavespeakersforyourcomputer,youcanalsousethesetoplaybackrecorded
speechinsteadofyourheadphones.
Dragon system requirements
Theinstallprocesschecksthatyoursystemmeetstheminimumrequirements;iftheyarenot
met,DragonNaturallySpeakingwillnotbeinstalled.
Note:
SupportsMicrosoft Office 2010 & 2013.Does not support dictation directly into Electronic
Medical Record (EMR) systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.
-RAM:Minimum:2 GB for 32-bitWindows 7, 8 & 8.1.4 GB for 64-bitWindows 7, 8 & 8.1
and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012.
-CPU:Minimum:2.2 GHzIntel®dualcoreorequivalentAMDprocessor.Faster
processors yield faster performance.
-Free hard disk space:4GB
-Supported Operating Systems:Windows732-bitand64-bit;Windows8&8.1,32-bit
and64-bit;WindowsServer2008R2;WindowsServer2012.
-InternetExplorer9orhigherorthecurrentversionofChromeorFirefoxforOnlineHelp.
-Asoundcardsupporting16-bitrecording.
-ADVD-ROMdriveforinstallation.
-ANuance-approvedmicrophone.Seesupport.nuance.com/compatibilityformore
information.
-AnInternetconnectionforautomaticproductactivation(aquickanonymousprocess).
What you should know before installing
Installing Dragon to a custom location
ThedefaultinstallationdirectoryforDragonis:
C:\ProgramFiles\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13
Duringtheinstallationprocedure,youcanchoosetoinstallDragontoadifferentdirectoryor
driveonyourmachine.
ChoosingadifferentdirectoryduringinstallationonlyinstallstheDragonprogramfilestothat
location.
RegardlessofwhereyouinstalltheDragonprogramfiles,Dragonalwaysinstallsthe
languagesandvocabulariesthatyouselectedduringtheinstallationtotheC:drive,aswellas
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