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Dragon 13 Administrator Guide

New features

Dragonnowdetectsaudiodevicesbetter.Inmostcases,whenDragonpresentsthelist

ofdetecteddevices,youcanjustpickthedeviceitshowsasrecommendedandcontinue.

Inaddition,theMicrophoneCheckisnowjustonescreenanditstextiseasiertoread.

Important:UsingmorethanoneinputdeviceisnowdonebypickingManageDictation

SourcesontheDragonBar’sProfilemenu.Ifyouaddmultipleaudiosourcesinyour

profile,youbenefitfromyourprofile’srefinements(suchaschanginganoption,correcting

anerror,oranalyzingemailstopersonalizethevocabulary)wheneveryouuseDragon,

regardlessofwhataudiodeviceyou’respeakinginto(forinstance,youcouldcreateyour

profilewithabuilt-inmicrophoneandlateraddaBluetoothheadsetmicrophoneasa

sourceinthatsameprofile.

Fordetails,see'UsingMultipleDictationSourceswithaSingleUserProfile'inthe

DragonHelp.

Open-ended custom commands (Professional and Legal editions only)

IntheProfessionalandLegaleditions,Dragonnowoffersnewflexibilityforcustom

commandtypesthatsupportvariablenames:theabilitytoendthecommand’snamewith

anywordorphraseinthevocabulary,asopposedtoawordorphrasefromadefinedlist

ofcommandvariables.

Thiscanallowuserstohave,forinstance,commandsthatsearchforgivenwordswithin

theircompany’sintranet(similartothebuilt-insearchcommandslike“searchWikipedia

for…”).

Fordetails,see'Creatingopen-endedcustomcommands'intheDragonHelp.

Always replaces Ask Me as the default for deferred correction (Professional and

Legal editions only)

Theoptiontoautomaticallycreatearecording(DRAfile)alongwithyourdictated

document(availableintheProfessionalandLegaleditionsonly)isnowsettoAlways,by

default.

Ifyouwish,youcanchangeittoNeverorAskMeontheDatataboftheOptionsdialog.

DRAfilescanbelarge,soonceyounolongerneedthemyoumaywanttodeletethem.

Fordetails,see'Correctingdictationlater'intheDragonHelp.

Note:Theoption‘Alwayspreservewavedata’hasbeenremovedfromtheOptionsdialog

(itwasontheDatatab,underAdvanced).

Operating System support

SupportforWindows8isenhanced.TheNewDragonBarcanbeusedinbothof

Windows8'sinterfaces(themoderninterfaceformerlyknownasMetro,aswellasthe

desktopinterface).

ProfessionalandLegaleditionsonly:TheRemoteDesktopConnectionfeature(todictate

fromanetworkedcomputeronwhichDragonisnotinstalled)isnowsupportedfor

WindowsServer2012,inadditiontoWindowsServer2008R2andWindows7Ultimate