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Dragon 13 Administrator Guide
Configure
ClickConfiguretoopentheSelect Frequency, Data CollectiontabandsettheData
Collection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
Datacollectionisnotavailableinnon-USEnglishversionsofDragonNaturallySpeaking.
Enable Scheduled Data Collection—ChecktoallowNuancetocollectupto500MBof
acoustic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end-usersaccesstothistab,effectivelyallowingthemtochangetheschedulesfor
AccuracyTuningandDataCollection.
Restore Defaults
Click this button to restore the default values for Data Collection and Periodic
Optimization.
Notes:
n WhentheUserProfileisclosed,youcannotuseDragontodictateortoperform
actionsbyvoice.
n ScheduledAccuracyTuningandDataCollectioncannotrunifDragonisopen,
includingifDragonisrunninginQuickStartmode,ifDragonisleftopenwithnoUser
Profileloaded,orifDragonisleftopenbyanotherend-userinaseparateWindows
sessiononthesamecomputer.
n SinceDragonusesalocalsystemaccounttoscheduleperiodictasks,UserProfiles
placedonnetworkshareswillnotbeavailableforscheduledAccuracyTuningand
DataCollectionunlessspecialarrangementsaremadewiththenetworkadministrator
Formoreinformation,seethefollowingtopicsintheDragonHelp:
n "AbouttheAcousticandLanguageModelOptimizer"forinformationaboutAccuracy
Tuning.
n "AboutDataCollection"formoreinformationaboutDataCollection.
n The"OptionsdialogboxDatatab"formoreinformationonschedulingScheduled
AccuracyTuningandDataCollectionforthecurrentDragonUserProfile.
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