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The sections in this chapter help you understand actions that you carry out to upgrade user profiles from earlier versions of Dragon.

Creating a user profile

On the NMS Server you create user accounts that later associate with user profiles, but you do not create any actual user profiles on the server. Only the Dragon Client creates user profiles. As long as you have created a user account for a user to log on to the Dragon Client, Dragon takes it from there.

Every time a user dictates for the first time, Dragon creates a user profile based on a combination of the provider's language, accent, audio input device, and vocabulary with the provider's voice and speech patterns.

Configuring the location of Roaming user profiles

When an end user logs into Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional through the NMS server, the

NMS sends the location of the user's profile to Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional. This allows Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional to find and access the user profile.

An administrator can configure these locations in the Nuance Management Console.

Setting the location of roaming user profiles

1. In the Nuance Management Console, in the Sites area, click Organization Overview.

2. Select a site.

3. In the Sites > Sites area, click Details.

4. Select the Dragon Professional tab.

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5. Expand the Roaming User Profile section.

6. Select the Enable Roaming User Profiles option to enable the use of Roaming User Profiles with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional.

7. Beside the text Roaming User Network Directories, click the Configure button. The

Nuance Management Console displays the Roaming User Network Directories window.

8. In the General tab, fill-in the following fields:

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Name—The name for the Roaming User Profiles location.

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Dragon Speech Profile Location—The location of the Roaming User Profiles. The location must be accessible to all server machines and workstations on the network and can be either a mapped drive, a UNC location, or a web server URL (http:// or https:// for a secure web server). If you cannot browse to the location, when you explicitly enter the path, be sure it is in the format shown below based on the way servers on your network access the Roaming User Profiles location: n

Mapped network drive—Use this format: <drive letter>:\<folder name>.

For example, Y:\Profiles.

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UNC Path—Use this format: \\servername\sharename\path\filename. For example, \\MyServer\Profiles n

HTTP—Use this format: http://myserver.com/webDAV. For example, http://Profiles/MasterUserProfilesDir n

HTTPS—The format is: https://myserver.com/WebDAV. For example, https://Profiles/UserProfilesDir

The HTTP Settings tab

If Roaming User Profiles Are Located on a Web Server

If you have set up a web server (http) to house your Roaming User Profiles, then under the HTTP Settings tab, you set up access to that web server. For details, see

Setting site HTTP connection settings for Roaming User Profiles .

The SSL Settings tabs

If Roaming User Profiles Are Located on an SSL Web Server

If you have set up a secure socket layer (SSL) web server (https) to house your

Roaming User Profiles, then under the SSL Settings tab, you set up access to that

secure web server. For details, see Setting site SSL connection settings for Roaming

User Profiles .

Note: You must install a third-party web server application called WebDAV to set up a compatible WebDAV HTTP or SSL server. WebDAV software is required in order to access and secure Roaming User Profiles on the Internet location. The WebDAV application is available free of charge at www.webdav.org

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Exporting and Importing User Profiles

You can export User Profiles on one computer and import them for use on another.

When you export a User Profile to a new location, any custom words added to a Local

Roaming User Profile do not accompany the User Profiles unless you first run the Learn

from specific documents wizard in the Accuracy Center .

Exporting User Profiles

To export User Profiles from Dragon:

1. On the DragonBar, select Profile > Manage User Profiles.

2. The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

3. Select the User Profile in the list that you want to export.

4. Click the Advanced button and select Export from the menu that appears.

5. When the Browse For Folder dialog box opens, navigate to the folder where you want to store the exported User Profile (or create a new folder by clicking the Make New

Folder button) and click OK.

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6. When a dialog box opens displaying a message indicating the export was successful, click

OK.

7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each set of User Profiles you want to export.

8. Click Close to close the Manage User Profiles dialog box.

9. In the operating system, navigate to the directory where you exported the User Profiles. In that directory you find a separate folder for each exported User Profile, labeled with the user name.

Importing User Profiles

To import User Profiles into Dragon that you previously exported on a different computer:

1. On the DragonBar, select Profile > Manage User Profiles. The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Click the Advanced button and select Import from the menu.

3. When the Browse For Folder dialog box opens, navigate to the folder to retrieve a set of exported User Profiles from.

4. Select the folder in that directory that has the name of the User Profile to import and click

OK.

5. If the User Profile already exists a User already exists dialog box opens and asks you to choose how to proceed: Overwrite the existing user or Import the user with an

alternate name. If you choose to import the User Profile and assign it another name, enter the name in the text box provided and click OK.

6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each end-user whose User Profiles you want to import.

7. Click Close to close the Manage User Profiles dialog box.

Creating Windows shortcuts to User Profiles and

Vocabularies

If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is shared with other people, or if a person has more than one

User Profile, you can create Windows Shortcuts on the Desktop to start Dragon

NaturallySpeaking and open particular User Profiles. If User Profiles have multiple

Vocabularies, you can also specify the Vocabulary to open.

To create a shortcut to a User Profile and Vocabulary

1. Right-click the Dragon NaturallySpeaking shortcut icon on the Windows Desktop and then click Properties to open the icon's Properties dialog box.

2. Click the Shortcut tab of the Properties dialog box.

In the Start In box, at the end of the path type "natspeak.exe /user <User Profile

name>". The text in the target box should look similar to the following line:

"C:\Program Files (x86)

\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\Natspeak.exe/user

"David" " for Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2008.

David is the name of the User Profile.

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For Roaming User Profiles:

Or, if Roaming User is enabled, type the path to the Master Roaming User

Profile location, then /user, then the sub-folder if applicable, and then the User

Profile name on the network. The text in the target box should look similar to the following:

"C:\Program Files (x86)

\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\Natspeak.exe/user

"\\<server_name>\<subfolder_path>\<user_profile_name>"for

(Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2008)

For Vocabularies

To specify a Vocabulary, follow the User Profile name with "/Vocabulary" and the name of the Vocabulary. The text in the target box should look similar to the following:

"C:\Program

Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\NatSpeak.exe" /user

"David" /Vocabulary Psychiatry

If the User Profile or Vocabulary name contains a space, enclose the name in quotation marks. For example, enter: /user "Mike Workman" /Vocabulary

"Family Medicine - Large"

If the User Profile name contains a space, enclose the name in quotation marks.

For example, type: /user "Mike Workman"

3. Click OK.

When finished, double-click the shortcut icon to start Dragon NaturallySpeaking. The User

Profile opens along with the Vocabulary specified.

Types of Paths

The path can be a UNC, HTTP, or HTTPS path:

UNC

"C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\Natspeak.exe"

/user "\\<directory>\<directory>\<username>"

For example:

"C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\Natspeak.exe"

/user "\\Roaming\Profiles\Roaming1"

HTTP or HTTPS

"C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\Natspeak.exe"

/user "http://<url_of_server>\<user_name>"

For example:

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"C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\Natspeak.exe"

/user "http://test01.roam.test\Roaming1" n

The path to an HTTP or HTTPS location must only contain forward slashes - the same as the Network Location dialog.

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Precede the username with a backslash.

Tip

It is possible to add a shortcut to the top of the Start menu by dragging the shortcut icon onto the Start button.

Using multiple acoustic models with a User Profile

If the computer that an end-user dictates on meets certain system requirements, Dragon

NaturallySpeaking uses two acoustic models with a User Profile. Using two acoustic models instead of one improves recognition and dictation accuracy. Acoustic models that can be added in pairs to a User Profile are called BestMatch V models.

Any time you add a new dictation source to a User Profile that uses two BestMatch V models, the dictation source will also be associated with the two models.

A User Profile with two BestMatch V models uses more computer resources, including RAM memory, than a User Profile with one acoustic model. Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses two

BestMatch V models on a multi-core computer with at least 4 GB RAM. Dragon

NaturallySpeaking recognizes when it is installed on a computer that meets these system requirements and selects the BestMatch V acoustic model as the default.

Acoustic Optimization for User Profiles with BestMatch V acoustic models

BestMatch V is normally the default acoustic model if the system has at least 4GB of RAM.

If a User Profile includes BestMatch V models, you must run the Acoustic and Language

Model Optimizer (ACO) on a computer with multi-core processors. Dragon

NaturallySpeaking uses two BestMatch V models only on a multi-core computer with at least

4 GB of RAM.

If the ACO processes a User Profile that was created on a computer with multi-core processors, the optimizer always selects the BestMatch V models to optimize.

Multiple acoustic models and User Profiles on single and multi-core computers

If an end-user creates a User Profile on a multi-core computer, when the end-user opens the

User Profile on a single-core computer, Dragon uses the first acoustic model for recognition.

Dragon does not load the second acoustic model.

If an end-user creates a User Profile on a single-core computer, when the end-user opens the

User Profile on a multi-core computer, Dragon uses the single acoustic model for recognition.

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If an end-user selects BestMatch V models for a User Profile and trains the profile on a multicore computer, when the end-user opens the User Profile on a single-core computer,

Dragon displays the following warning message:

"Your computer has a single core processor. You have opened a User Profile created on a computer with a multi-core processor.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking will work normally on this computer but you may see some change in performance and accuracy".

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