Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 11.5 will be released soon. This will be a free update for those who already have version 11 software.If you have registered your V11 software, you will receive an email from Nuance in coming weeks to advise when the update is available. If you have not registered your software, you can do so at
For more information on V11.5, see
http://app.marketing.nuance.com/e/es.aspx?s=274&e=92672&elq=499133a0f49b458dae05d6dd7162e8f4
Monday, 27 June 2011
Monday, 20 June 2011
Exporting a copy of your Dragon User profile
Welcome to the Viva Voce blog! This blog will post information, tips and updates relating to speech recognition software, mostly Dragon NaturallySpeaking, perhaps later also on Dragon Dictate 2 (for Mac).
For this first posting, I'm going to write about the importance of exporting a copy of your Dragon User profile, in case of hard drive failure or corruption of your user profile.
Note that it is possible to export a copy of your Dragon User profile if you have Dragon preferred/premium or professional editions. if you have Dragon standard or home, it will not be possible to export a copy of your user profile. For this reason, if you are serious about using speech recognition software long-term, I recommend use of Dragon 11 premium or professional, not home edition.
The Dragon User profile is generally located on your computer's hard drive. Although your user profile is backed up automatically (generally every five times your user profile is saved, and the user profile is usually saved when you close Dragon), this automatic backup is also located on the hard drive. This means that if your hard drive fails, you will lose your Dragon user profile.
If you have used Dragon for some time, your user profile represents a lot of work in customising Dragon to recognise your speech - through correction of recognition errors, words and phrases that you have added to the vocabulary, perhaps you have created macros. if for any reason you cannot access your user profile, it's really handy to have a copy that can be imported/restored.
For this reason, it's a good idea to export a copy of your Dragon User profile from time to time. This copy can be imported/restored if required.
To copy/export Dragon User
1. Say "Say "Manage users" or go to Dragon bar > Profile > manage user profiles (in versions earlier than 11, go to DragonBar > NaturallySpeaking > Manage user profiles)
2. Select your Dragon user
3. Say or click "Advanced" then "Export"
4. Say "Yes" if asked to save user before exporting
5. Browse to a network drive or storage device for example an external hard drive or USB drive and follow the prompts from here
6. it's a good idea to save your user profile to a folder with today's date on it so if you ever need to restore your Dragon User you will know exactly when you exported it. if you have exported more than one copy of your user profile, you will know which is the most recent copy.
Should you need to import your Dragon User
1. go to Dragon bar > Profile > manage user profiles (in versions earlier than 11, go to DragonBar > NaturallySpeaking > Manage user profiles)
2. Say or click "Advanced" then "Import "
3. Browse to the copy of your Dragon User Profile and select it (your exported Dragon User will look like a yellow folder, and will be named whatever you named your user profile when you set it up e.g. 'your name')
4. Follow the prompts from here
5. you will be given the opportunity to rename the user profile you are importing, to avoid overwriting your existing user. I recommend that you do rename the user profile
6. if you are not sure whether your imported User Profile is open, go to DragonBar > Profile> Open User Profile and click Open (in versions earlier than 11, go to DragonBar> NaturallySpeaking> Open user).
In summary, there are several good reasons for exporting a copy of your user profile:
For this first posting, I'm going to write about the importance of exporting a copy of your Dragon User profile, in case of hard drive failure or corruption of your user profile.
Note that it is possible to export a copy of your Dragon User profile if you have Dragon preferred/premium or professional editions. if you have Dragon standard or home, it will not be possible to export a copy of your user profile. For this reason, if you are serious about using speech recognition software long-term, I recommend use of Dragon 11 premium or professional, not home edition.
The Dragon User profile is generally located on your computer's hard drive. Although your user profile is backed up automatically (generally every five times your user profile is saved, and the user profile is usually saved when you close Dragon), this automatic backup is also located on the hard drive. This means that if your hard drive fails, you will lose your Dragon user profile.
If you have used Dragon for some time, your user profile represents a lot of work in customising Dragon to recognise your speech - through correction of recognition errors, words and phrases that you have added to the vocabulary, perhaps you have created macros. if for any reason you cannot access your user profile, it's really handy to have a copy that can be imported/restored.
For this reason, it's a good idea to export a copy of your Dragon User profile from time to time. This copy can be imported/restored if required.
To copy/export Dragon User
1. Say "Say "Manage users" or go to Dragon bar > Profile > manage user profiles (in versions earlier than 11, go to DragonBar > NaturallySpeaking > Manage user profiles)
2. Select your Dragon user
3. Say or click "Advanced" then "Export"
4. Say "Yes" if asked to save user before exporting
5. Browse to a network drive or storage device for example an external hard drive or USB drive and follow the prompts from here
6. it's a good idea to save your user profile to a folder with today's date on it so if you ever need to restore your Dragon User you will know exactly when you exported it. if you have exported more than one copy of your user profile, you will know which is the most recent copy.
Should you need to import your Dragon User
1. go to Dragon bar > Profile > manage user profiles (in versions earlier than 11, go to DragonBar > NaturallySpeaking > Manage user profiles)
2. Say or click "Advanced" then "Import "
3. Browse to the copy of your Dragon User Profile and select it (your exported Dragon User will look like a yellow folder, and will be named whatever you named your user profile when you set it up e.g. 'your name')
4. Follow the prompts from here
5. you will be given the opportunity to rename the user profile you are importing, to avoid overwriting your existing user. I recommend that you do rename the user profile
6. if you are not sure whether your imported User Profile is open, go to DragonBar > Profile> Open User Profile and click Open (in versions earlier than 11, go to DragonBar> NaturallySpeaking> Open user).
In summary, there are several good reasons for exporting a copy of your user profile:
- as a backup that can be restored in the case of:
- hard drive failure; or
- corruption of the user profile. There is a risk of the user profile corrupting if your computer crashes, or you shut your computer down without closing Dragon first (say "Close NaturallySpeaking" to close Dragon).
- to copy your user profile to a different computer, follow the instructions above to export your user profile, then copy this on to a thumb drive. Copy the Dragon User profile from thumb drive to other computer, doesn't matter where you copy it to, the desktop will do. Follow the instructions above to import User profile into Dragon installation on the other computer. Dragon needs to be installed on the other computer.
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