When an end-user that uses a Roaming User Profile exits Dragon, switches User Profiles, closes a User Profile, or saves a User Profile, Dragon saves changes to the Local Roaming User Profile and then synchronizes these changes with the Master Roaming User Profiles on the network.
In a networked situation, this occurs at the time one of these operations is performed. When an end-user dictates using a computer not currently connected to a network, all changes are saved to the Local Roaming User Profile; synchronization occurs when the end-user reattaches the computer to the network containing the Master Roaming User Profile and opens that User Profile again.
For more information on what options affect what data gets synchronized between the Master and Local Roaming User Profile, see Setting/selecting Roaming User Profile options.
Note: During synchronization, changes to the Master Roaming User Profile overwrite any changes made to a Local Roaming User Profile that an end-user has been using for dictating and correcting dictation while not on the network.
What happens during synchronization
The following changes take place when Local and Master Roaming User Profiles are synchronized:
n Combines words added to the Local Roaming User Profile during a dictation session with the Master Roaming User Profile vocabulary,
n Removes words deleted from the Local Roaming User Profile from the Master Roaming User Profile vocabulary.
n Copies acoustic data (from files with a .DRA or .NWV extension) from the Local Roaming User Profile and adds them to the Master Roaming User Profile where the data become available to the Acoustic Optimizer (Note that .DRA files saved
voluntarily by the end-user along with a document do not get added to the Master Roaming User Profile. The.DRA files created automatically by Dragon for use by the optimizer are the only ones that get added to the Master Roaming User Profile). For
more information on running the Acoustic Optimizer, see Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer for Roaming User Profiles.
n Copies any custom commands created or modified locally (using the MyCommands editor) to the Master Roaming User Profile.
n Saves any local end-user options that you changed on the Options or Formatting dialog box to the Master Roaming User Profile, except the options listed below.
What changes don't get synchronized
The following options are not synchronized with the Master Roaming User Profile; they remain exclusively on the local computer with the Local Roaming User Profile:
Locally set options on the Options dialog:
n On the Data tab:
l Conserve disk space required by user profile option l Create usability log option in the Advanced dialog box l Incremental adaptation in general training option n On the Miscellaneous tab:
l Voice enable menus and dialog controls option
l Launch Dragon in QuickStart mode when Windows starts option n On other tabs of Options dialog box:
l All the options on the Playback/Text-to-speech tab l All the options on the Hot keys tab
n Settings in the Auto-Formatting dialog box: l The UK and Canadian postcodes option
What files are synchronized
The following table explains how and when individual files are copied or updated to the master Roaming User Profile or to the local cache when the Master and Local Roaming User Profiles are synchronized.
For more information on what options affect what data gets synchronized between the Master and Local Roaming User Profile, see Setting/selecting Roaming User Profile options.
These options can affect how much data is transferred across your network when the Master and Local Roaming User Profiles are synchronized. For more information, see Estimating Network traffic caused by synchronization.
File name or type Copied or updated with the master Roaming User Profile
Copied or updated to local cache
Acoustic files:*.usr and *.sig
At save time if the Always copy acoustic information to
network option in the Administrative settings is on. See Acoustic files for more details.
Copied if version num- ber on server is dif- ferent
Vocabulary files:*.voc
Copied only after the acoustic files for the User Profile have been
modified with information from Learn from
specific documents,
Learn from sent e- mails, Import a list of
words or phrases, and
similar procedures.
Copied if version num- ber on server is dif- ferent Acoustic archive created for each dictation session: acarchive.nwv (encryption disabled), acarchive.enwv (encryption enabled)
Copied to session folder if it exists; once master voice_container limit is reached, nothing more is copied. The local copy is deleted and a zero-length file is created.
Never
Audio.ini Copied to master after
running the Check Microphone wizard or at User Profile close if not copied successfully after running the
Check Microphone wizard
Copied if version num- ber on server is dif- ferent; also copied right before Check Micro- phone wizard is run
Backups Never - Dragon does not
backup local Roaming User Profiles on the end- user workstations and does not backup the Master Roaming User Profiles on the location where they are stored on your network.
See Backups for more
details.
Never
DRA files, aco.ini;
File name or type Copied or updated with the master Roaming User Profile
Copied or updated to local cache
drafiles.ini the master voice_
container has space. Files are deleted after being copied; aco.ini and drafiles.ini are recreated at zero-length Custom commands created on client PC:Mycmds.dat
Copied when User Profiles are saved, or a User Profile is closed and saved.
Copied at User Profile open if version number on server is different
Options.ini, soptions.ini, itnoptions.ini
Copied at User Profile close, options dialog close when the
timestamp on the local file has changed.
Copied on User Profile open, options dialog open if version number is different on the server History of changes to the vocabulary: vocdelta.voc
Merged to master copy on User Profile save and open. When vocabularies are copied up, vocdelta.voc is reset to zero in the master copy for that topic.
Copied to local cache on User Profile open and merged into the voc if version number is different on the server nsuser.ini, local.ini, nssystem.ini, natspeak.ini
Never (machine dependent) Never
Acoustic files
If the setting is off (the default), after the acoustic optimizer runs on the master Roaming User Profile, the server incorporates the changes
In Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13, an end-user can set the Save Acoustic information
option to control if Dragon saves the .usr and .sig files on each computer they dictate on. See "Controlling updates to the acoustic components of a User Profile" in Dragon What's New for administrators for more information.
Backups
It is the responsibility of your local administrator to back up the Master Roaming User Profiles. However, Dragon does automatically back up local non-Roaming User Profiles on the end- user workstations as specified in the Miscellaneous tab of the Administrative Settings dialog box.