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 11 or greater on the computer where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles are located. If that is not possible, Nuance recommends that you install Dragon 11 or greater on a separate computer where you will perform the upgrades.
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If unable to install Dragon where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles are located, Nuance recommends administrators:
n Install Dragon 11 or greater on a separate computer where they will perform the upgrades.
n Copy the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles from the network location to the computer where Dragon 11 or greater is installed.
n Upgrade the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles on the computer where Dragon 11 or greater is installed.
n Copy the upgraded Dragon 11 or greater Master Roaming User Profiles to a network accessible directory on the original network location.
In Dragon 11 or greater 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 users dictate, save and close any open User Profiles on each Dragon 9.x or 10.x 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 hos-pital 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 Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles, back up the master Roaming User Profiles to a separate location by using any system backup util-ity that is implemented at your facilutil-ity.
5. On the central network location that stores Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles, create a new directory to store the upgraded Dragon 11 or greater Master Roaming User Pro-files.
Always be sure the upgraded User Profiles are in a different location from the current User Pro-files. If end users see two versions of each User Profile, they may become confused when they try to open a User Profile. Nuance recommends storing User Profiles, from different versions of Dragon, in different locations.
6. If Dragon 11 or greater is not installed on the computer where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles are located, create a directory on the local computer where Dragon 11 or greater is installed. The directory stores all the Master Roaming User Profiles you plan to
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upgrade. Copy the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles from the network location to this directory.
7. On the administrator system where you upgrade the Master Roaming profiles to Dragon 11 or greater , 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.
8. Close Dragon.
9. On the computer where both the 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming profiles and Dragon 11 or greater are installed, selectStart > Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 > Dragon Nat-urallySpeaking 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 Administrative Settings dialog and make sure the Enabled check box is not checked.
10. On the Select the profile(s) to upgrade page, click Browse to add a profile... to select the location of the Dragon 9.x or 10.x 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 button to remove specific User Profiles. Click Next to continue.
11. If you choose to upgrade only one User Profile, the wizard displays the number of minutes the upgrade requires to complete the upgrade.
12. If you upgrade a UK User Profile, the wizard displays a page that lets you select a region for the profile.
13. 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 11 or greater master Roaming User Profiles. If a location is not visible, click the
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Browse button, find the correct location, and click Next.
14. The Begin profile upgrading page displays the number of User Profiles that the wizard is pre-pared to upgrade.
Click Begin upgrading to start the upgrade process. The upgrade process can take 2-3 min-utes 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 process creates new master Roaming User Profiles in the destination you selected.
15. Click Finish to complete the upgrading process and exit the User Profile Upgrade Wizard.
The User Profile Upgrade Wizard renames Dragon 11 or greater master Roaming User Pro-file as follows: <name> (v11). For example, Dragon copies and renames a 10.x Master Roaming User Profile named roaminguser1 to roaminguser1 (v11) when the profile upgrades to Dragon 11 or greater . Dragon does not change the 10.x Master Roaming User Profile named roaminguser1.
16. (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 11 or greater was installed, copy the upgraded Master Roaming User Profiles back to the new network-acces-sible directory that you created to store them.
17. Since the User Profile Upgrade Wizard leaves the Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles unchanged and in their original network location, the Dragon 9.x and 10.x systems can continue to use the Roaming feature until you upgrade the systems to Dragon 11 or greater . Fol-low 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.
18. Run Dragon on the end-user system and open a User Profile.
If upgrading from Dragon version 8.x or earlier to Dragon 11 or greater , Dragon 8.x or earlier cus-tom words and commands can be re-used in Dragon 11 or greater :
1. In Dragon 8.x or earlier, export the custom words and commands 2. In Dragon 11 or greater , create a new User Profile
3. In Dragon 11 or greater , import the custom words and commands
See the Dragon Help for information on exporting and importing custom words and commands.
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