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Dragon Administrator Guide version 11.5
from any corrections and additional training users may have done. Running Acoustic Optimization
increases your overall accuracy. In the process of increasing your accuracy, Acoustic Optimization
may select a different acoustic model for your User Profile. For example, if you chose a General
accent during User Profile setup, Dragon may change it if your speech more closely matches
another accent. For more information, see "About speech and acoustic models" in the Dragon
Help.
Select this option to disable the Acoustic Optimizer from selecting a different acoustic model
when run.
If you are using Dragon 11 or greater , see Using multiple acoustic models with a User Profile for
information on acoustic model selection and User Profiles that use two acoustic models.
Encrypt patient health information
By default, this option is automatically selected in Dragon.
When users dictate, Dragon automatically saves interim Dragon Recorded Audio (.DRA) files it
creates to process dictated audio and transcribed text. If the user corrects any of the dictated text,
Dragon automatically stores interim files related to these corrections in .enwv files.
When this option is enabled, Dragon encrypts these interim .DRA and .enwv files before storing
them in the local or Roaming User Profile directories to help ensure patient privacy. Due to the
restrictions mandated by the HIPAAregulations, these encrypted .DRA and .enwv files can only
be opened by Dragon for its internal use. That means these encrypted files cannot be opened in
the non-Medical versions of Dragon, the Dragon NaturallySpeaking SDK Client (DSC) edition, or
the Dragon NaturallySpeaking SDK Server (DSS) edition. In addition, these encrypted interim
.DRA and .enwv files cannot be opened in DragonPad.
For more information on patient data encryption, refer to Helping with privacy of patient data
Note: Dragon does not encrypt .DRA files that the user explicitly saves. For example, if a user
saves recorded dictation when saving a document (for example, in Word, WordPerfect, or Drag-
onPad), these saved .DRA files are unencrypted.
Restore Defaults
Returns the Administrative Settings dialog box to the state it had when you first installed
Dragon. Note that the default is to have the Roaming feature turned off.
Notes
n When the User Profile is closed, you cannot use Dragon to dictate or to perform actions by
voice.
n On Windows XP you must have administrator privileges to change the Backup Location.
Dragon will not let restricted users create backup files in directories reserved for the operating
system (for example, the \Windows directory). When specifying a backup location, make sure
that directory can be accessed by all users
n In some versions of Windows, such as Windows XP Pro, you must be logged on as the
administrator before you can access this dialog box.
n In some situations, a user who does not have administrator privileges may have access to
options on this dialog that they would not normally have.
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