installed. Nuance does not recommend upgrading the Master Roaming User Profiles across a network to either a mapped drive or UNC path; upgrading over a network will take a undetermined length of time. In addition, the User Profile Upgrade Wizard does not support upgrading User Profiles over an HTTP connection.
n Upgrading the master Roaming User Profiles to Dragon NaturallySpeaking13 leaves the current master Roaming User Profiles unchanged, so that the end-users in the network can run the current version of Dragon while the administrator plans the upgrade.
n If upgrading from Dragon version 10.x or earlier to Dragon NaturallySpeaking13, version 10.x or earlier custom words and commands can be re-used in Dragon NaturallySpeaking13:
1. In Dragon 10.x or earlier, export the custom words and commands 2. In Dragon NaturallySpeaking13, create a new User Profile
3. In Dragon NaturallySpeaking13, import the custom words and commands
See the Dragon Help for information on exporting and importing custom words and commands.
Step-by-Step Process for Upgrading Roaming User
Profiles
1. Plan to upgrade the master Roaming User Profiles at a time when they are not being opened by end-users, for example during the night or on a weekend. Nuance recommends backing-up User Profiles before upgrading them.
2. Install Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 on the computer where the current Master Roaming User Profiles are located. If that is not possible, Nuance recommends that you install Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 on a separate computer where you will perform the upgrades.
OR
If unable to install Dragon where the current Master Roaming User Profiles are located, Nuance recommends administrators:
n Install Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 on a separate computer where they will perform the upgrades.
n Copy the current Master Roaming User Profiles from the network location to the computer where Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 is installed.
n Upgrade the current Master Roaming User Profiles on the computer where Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 is installed.
n Copy the upgraded Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Master Roaming User Profiles to a network accessible directory on the original network location.
In Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 or earlier, if the upgrade installation displays an option to upgrade existing User Profiles to work with this installation, ignore the option, as it does not affect Roaming User Profiles. Administrators manually run the User Profile Upgrade Wizard later.
3. On the end-user systems where the end-users dictate, save and close any open User Pro- files on each current Dragon system that uses the Roaming feature.
If there is no time when all of the Roaming User Profiles are not in use (for example, in a hospital where physicians use Dragon during a night shift), administrators can upgrade different groups of Roaming User Profiles at different times.
4. On the central network location that stores the current master Roaming User Profiles, back up the master Roaming User Profiles to a separate location by using any system backup utility that is implemented at your facility. On the central network location that stores the current master Roaming User Profiles, create a new directory to store the upgraded Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Master Roaming User Profiles.
Always be sure the upgraded User Profiles are in a different location from the current User Profiles. If end-users see two versions of each User Profile, they may become con- fused when they try to open a User Profile. Nuance recommends storing User Profiles, from different versions of Dragon, in different locations.
5. If Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 is not installed on the computer where the current Master Roaming User Profiles are located, create a directory on the local computer where Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 is installed. The directory stores all the Master Roaming User Profiles you plan to upgrade. Copy the current Master Roaming User Profiles from the network location to this directory.
6. On the administrator system where you upgrade the Master Roaming profiles to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13, start Dragon and make sure the Roaming feature is turned off. To turn off the Roaming feature:
n Close any open User Profiles.
n Click Tools > Administrative Settings on the menu to display the Administrative Settings dialog box.
n On the Roaming tab, make sure Enable is not selected. 7. Close Dragon.
8. On the computer where both the current Master Roaming profiles and Dragon Nat-
urallySpeaking 13 are installed, select Start > Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking > Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools > Upgrade User Profiles. The User Profile Upgrade Wizard opens.
If you do not turn off the Roaming feature in the Administrative Settings dialog box before attempting to start the User Upgrade Wizard, you see an error message stating that you cannot upgrade a Roaming User Profile. If you see the message, go back to the Admin- istrative Settings dialog and make sure the Enabled check box is not checked.
9. On the Select the profile(s) to upgrade page, click Browse to add a profile to select the location of the current Master Roaming User Profiles. The Select the profile(s) to upgrade page now displays a list of User Profiles in the selected directory:
Continue to add User Profiles from other local locations or use the Remove from list but- ton to remove specific User Profiles. Click Next to continue.
10. If you choose to upgrade only one User Profile, the wizard displays the number of minutes the upgrade requires to complete the upgrade.
11. On the Choose where to store the upgraded profile(s) page, in the Location for upgraded profile(s) text box, choose the local location you previously created to contain the upgraded Dragon NaturallySpeaking13 master Roaming User Profiles. If a location is
not visible, click the Browse button, find the correct location, and click Next.
12. The Begin profile upgrading page displays the number of User Profiles that the wizard is prepared to upgrade.
Click Begin upgrading to start the upgrade process. The upgrade process can take 12- 24 minutes or more per User Profile, depending on the speed of the computer system and the speed of the network. Click Stop at any time to interrupt this process. The upgrade pro- cess creates new master Roaming User Profiles in the destination you selected.
13. Click Finish to complete the upgrading process and exit the User Profile Upgrade Wiz- ard.
The User Profile Upgrade Wizard renames Dragon NaturallySpeaking13 master Roam- ing User Profile as follows: <name> (v13). For example, Dragon copies and renames a Dragon 11.x Master Roaming User Profile named roaminguser1 to roaminguser1 (v13.x) when the profile upgrades to Dragon NaturallySpeaking13. Dragon does not change the Dragon 11.x Master Roaming User Profile named roaminguser1.
14. (Optional) If you cannot install Dragon where the original Master Roaming User Profiles are located and those User Profiles were copied to another computer where Dragon Nat- urallySpeaking13 was installed, copy the upgraded Master Roaming User Profiles back to the new network-accessible directory that you created to store them.
15. Since the User Profile Upgrade Wizard leaves the Dragon 11.x or 12.x master Roaming User Profiles unchanged and in their original network location, the Dragon 11.x or 12.x sys- tems can continue to use the Roaming feature until you upgrade the systems to Dragon NaturallySpeaking13 Follow the steps in "Major and Minor Upgrades: Silent Upgrade" and be sure to enable the Roaming feature. In the Network Directories settings, set the correct path to the upgraded Roaming User Profiles.
Dragon 10.x or earlier custom words and commands can be re-used in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13:
1. In Dragon 10.x or earlier, export the custom words and commands 2. In Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13, create a new User Profile
3. In Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13, import the custom words and commands
See the Dragon Help for information on exporting and importing custom words and commands.