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Copying User Profiles

As you learned, each person who uses Dragon NaturallySpeaking creates a User profile, which the software

holds in a set of user files containing, among other things, acoustic and lexical data. When you add a

personalization to the Vocabulary, correct a misrecognition, read a training text, or change a setting in the

Options dialog, Dragon can save these refinements in the open User profile. Although Dragon automatically

creates User profile back-ups (by default, every five times the profile is saved), it is a good idea to keep your

own record of customizations—by exporting your custom words and custom commands for instance, or noting

what optional settings or what Word Properties you have changed…

You can also copy your whole User profile—for safe-keeping, or to make it available on another computer.

Copying User profiles is a simple two-part process. You must first Export from the original computer then

Import from the recipient computer. This is accomplished through the Manage Users dialog box.

Step 1: Say manage users or click NaturallySpeaking, Manage Users. The Manage Users window opens. Select

the User you wish to copy, then choose Advanced > E

xport.

Step 2: A Browse window opens. Choose the location to which you want your User exported, then click OK.

If both computers are on a network with a shared drive, this network drive is probably the easiest location.

Otherwise, you can export your profile to a media storage device, such as a portable USB drive. (User profiles

are too large to fit on a floppy disk.)

Now that your User profile is exported, it can be

imported:

Step 1: From the second PC, open the Manage Users

dialog box. Choose Advanced> I

mport.

Step 2: When the Browse For Folder window opens,

locate the folder containing the exported

User (this folder bears your User profile’s

name). Once it is highlighted, click OK.

Key points about exporting and copying User profiles

9 You must Export the User profile from the original computer, then Import it to the recipient computer.

9 Exporting and importing Users is done through the Manage Users dialog box—available through the

NaturallySpeaking menu or by saying manage users.

The documentation contains more information about managing User profiles: deleting, renaming, backing up,

restoring… See for instance topics on Dragon’s Roaming User feature (available in Professional and higher

editions), which presents administrative advantages and is particularly useful for people who frequently dictate

from different PCs connected to the same network.