Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Upgrade Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 Upgrade Review

Dragon Medical Exercise Edition Release notes

Quick links

What's new

Organization requirements

Upgrade instructions

Known problems

What's new

Command enhancements

• You tin at present say "Testify Links" to run across all links on a Web folio that you can click by phonation.

For more information, encounter Working with Cyberspace Explorer and Working with Chrome.

Dictation enhancements

Endmost the Dictation Box

When a user attempts to close the Dictation Box, and the Dictation Box contains text, Dragon displays a message that asks the user to ostend that they desire to close the Dictation Box.

PowerMic III support

Dragon at present supports the PowerMic III.

For more information, see Most the Nuance PowerMic Microphone.

The Numbers and Units page includes two new options:

• Format cranial nerve numbers using Roman numerals: Inserts cranial nerve numbers using Roman numerals. For example, "Cranial nerve VI" instead of "Cranial nervus six".
• Enable numbered list formatting: Applies formatting to items in a numbered list. For formatting options, see Format of each item in a numbered list.

Numbers

• When at that place is a leading cypher in a decimal number, you can dictate the nothing using "oh".

  Example: 0.v

  Say: "oh indicate v"

For more data, see Dictating numbers.

Street addresses

• You can dictate addresses with a hyphen or dash.

  Example: 12-xiv Maple Street

  Say: "twelve nuance 14 maple street"

• Dragon now supports full addresses (street address, land/province/territory/canton, and postal lawmaking).

For more data, come across Dictating numbers.

Time

• You can at present dictate minutes before an hour using "to", "of", and "til".

  Example: 4:45

  Say: "quarter of 5"

• You tin at present dictate minutes later on an hour using "past" and "afterward".

  Example: 5:15

  Say: "quarter past five"

For more information, come across Dictating numbers.

Software versions

Dragon now supports the following:

• Corel WordPerfect X8

  For more than data, encounter Working with Corel WordPerfect and Working with Corel WordPerfect—Working with text.

Transcription enhancements

• Yous tin transcribe someone else's recordings using your own user profile.

For more information, run into Working with user profiles and Transcribing recorded speech.

Usability enhancements

Accuracy comeback without reading text

In previous Dragon versions, you could read sample text for several minutes to ameliorate Dragon'southward accuracy. In version 15, you tin can achieve the same result by simply dictating for several minutes, making corrections, and and then running Accurateness Tuning (Tools>Accuracy Eye>Launch Accurateness Tuning). Every bit a result of this improvement, the Audio>Read text to better accurateness card option has been removed.

For more information, run into Improving accuracy.

Simplified Audio Setup

Dragon now detects sound devices ameliorate. In most cases, when Dragon shows the listing of detected devices, you choose a device.

Important: Using more than one input device is now done by selecting Choose Microphone from the Settings>Microphone menu.

Shorter Profile Cosmos Process

When creating a user profile, you no longer conform a vocabulary based on documents and sent emails. You can launch the analysis of documents and emails later you create a profile.

Vocabulary editor search

The Vocabulary Editor now has a Search field and lets you search on more than than just written forms. As well, information technology makes it like shooting fish in a barrel to add a custom Dictation Control.

Web feel

The Dragon Spider web extension now gives Total Text Control in Chrome and Internet Explorer, in about websites. To use Dragon in the supported browsers, you must enable this add-on.

There are some differences in functionality between browsers.

Dragon Web Extension Disabled notification

Dragon now notifies you automatically when the Dragon Web Extension is no longer installed or enabled. A message appears when you open up your browser.

The message appears only if you did not select the Practice non prove tips check box on the Options dialog box—Appearance folio.

For more than information, run into Installing and enabling the Dragon Spider web Extension.

Assist provides tips and links to most pop topics

You tin at present find the following on the Help home page:

• Tips for using Dragon
• Links to the near popular Assist topics

Interactive Tutorial at present Web-based

When you are connected to the internet, Dragon now includes a Spider web-based interactive tutorial. If you lot don't have an cyberspace connection, the tutorial runs locally. The tutorial includes progressive simulations that aid yous learn Dragon skills.

For more data, see Getting aid.

Learn from specific documents words now deselected

When you lot run the Acquire from specific documents tool, the words that Dragon finds are now deselected by default. You select the words that you desire Dragon to add together to your vocabulary.

For more than information, see Larn from specific documents.

Options dialog box changes

• The tabs in the Options dialog box are now pages that appear in a vertical list for easier usability. You can select the pages by phonation.

  For more information, see The Options dialog box.

• The following changes accept been made to the View folio:
  • The tab is at present named Appearance.

  For more information, see Options dialog box—Appearance.

• The following changes have been made to the Hot keys folio:

  • At that place is a new Rewind hot fundamental that allows you to rewind playback.
  • In that location is a new Fast-Forwards hot fundamental that allows you lot fast forrard playback.

  For more information, see Options dialog box—Hot keys and Well-nigh Playback.

• Y'all can navigate between Options dialog box pages by vocalism.

  For more information, encounter The Options dialog box.

• On the Miscellaneous page, the Launch Dragon in QuickStart mode when Windows starts option has been renamed to Launch Dragon when Windows starts.
  For more data, see Options dialog box—Miscellaneous page.

Performance improvements

To eliminate confusion on the appropriate vocabulary blazon or acoustic voice communication model to use, the Advanced button has been removed from the Speech Options page of the New User wizard.

Simplified DragonBar

The new DragonBar is simpler and smaller than the classic DragonBar, using less existent estate on your screen. Its menu construction has been condensed into two main menus, making it easier to locate the functionality you need.

The classic Dragonbar is still available.

Simplified microphone option

It'due south now simpler and easier to select an audio device to employ with Dragon. The Choose an sound device folio now displays just audio devices that are bachelor. Dragon detects devices that are plugged into your estimator and usable based on your system book meter.

In addition, you tin can now choose an sound device by selecting Settings>Microphone>Choose Microphone from the DragonBar. You no longer demand to add together a dictation source to use an sound device.

To make information technology elementary to choose the right device, the Other audio input pane has been removed from the following pages:

• New User wizard, Choose a Microphone
• From Settings>Microphone>Choose Microphone dialog page

Impact screen improvements

When you're using Dragon on a Windows tablet, you can at present touch anywhere outside Dragon's microphone to expand the DragonBar when it is collapsed.

For more information, run across Using Dragon on a Windows tablet.

Discontinued functionality

Dragon no longer supports the following functionality:

• Auto-punctuation support: The 'Automatically add commas and periods' option
• BestMatch 5 audio-visual models
• Dragon Remote Microphone

• Firefox

  For more than information, see About Firefox.

System requirements

RAM	Minimum: 4 GB for all operating systems.
CPU	Minimum: 2.2 GHz Intel® dual core or equivalent AMD processor. Faster processors yield faster performance.
Complimentary hard disk space	4GB if DVD installation
Supported operating systems	Windows vii, viii.1, and 10, 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016
Other	Internet Explorer 11 or the electric current version of Chrome or Edge for online Aid and for installation if installing from the Web Microsoft .Cyberspace Framework version 4.5.two or subsequently Generally, the .Net Framework is pre-installed on Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 computers. If yous do not have it installed, you are prompted to install it during Dragon's installation. Nuance does non provide the .Internet Framework with your installation; you must download the installation file from microsoft.com. A DVD-ROM bulldoze if installing from disk An sound input device capable of xvi-bit recording for dictation For a list of recommended devices, see https://back up.dash.com/compatibility/.

Upgrade instructions

Dragon supports upgrades only from the following versions and editions listed. Dragon does not support upgrades from any other versions or editions. If you take any other version or edition installed, you must kickoff uninstall your existing version prior to installing Dragon Medical Exercise Edition version 4.

Upgrading to Dragon Medical Practice Edition version four

Electric current edition/version/fashion	Upgrading to Dragon Medical Practice Edition version iv	Upgrade instructions
Dragon Medical Do Edition version 2	Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 4	Perform an automatic upgrade.

Earlier you begin

If you are using the Roaming feature, you must first upgrade your Roaming user profiles earlier upgrading client computers. For instructions, see Working with Roaming user profiles.

Upgrading Dragon automatically

For automated upgrades, Dragon updates your software automatically. You do not demand to uninstall your existing version first. Dragon also retains your user profiles, custom words, and commands.

1. Close any open programs.
2. If y'all're running an anti-virus program, turn it off until the installation completes.
3. Do ane of the post-obit:
   Insert the DVD. The installation begins immediately. If the installation does not start automatically, run setup.exe from the DVD.
   or
   Browse to the area where you downloaded Dragon and double-click setup.exe to run information technology.
   

4. Install the Microsoft .Net Framework if prompted.

You may need to restart the calculator after installing the .Cyberspace Framework.

5. In the Dragon InstallShield wizard, click Side by side to brainstorm the Dragon installation.
6. Read the license terms and click the radio push button to indicate yous agree to the terms.
7. Click Side by side to go on to the side by side screen.
8. Enter or confirm your customer information.
9. Enter your serial number, and click Side by side.
10. Select a ready up type and installation directory.
11. Click Adjacent.
12. If you selected Custom, cull the program features to install. Click Next.
13. Click Install.

The installation begins.

14. Afterward the installation process is consummate, click Finish.
15. Follow the steps to activate Dragon.

Upgrading Dragon manually

If you're upgrading manually from Dragon Medical Exercise Edition version 2, and you lot want to keep your custom words, you must:

1. Consign your Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 2 user contour.
2. Uninstall Dragon Medical Practise Edition version 2.
3. Install Dragon Medical Practise Edition version 4.
4. Import the Dragon Medical Practise Edition version 2 profile into version Dragon Medical Practise Edition four.

Annotation: Upgrading a custom vocabulary from Dragon Medical Practice Edition version two to Dragon Medical Do Edition 4 requires the custom vocabulary to be present in Dragon Medical Exercise Edition iv.

Locating your serial number

To upgrade Dragon, the serial number for your existing Dragon installation is required. Do one of the following to locate your serial number:

• From the DragonBar in your Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 2 installation, click the Help icon () and then select About Dragon.

  The series number appears on the screen.

• If yous purchased a DVD, your serial number is located on the back of the Dragon DVD sleeve.
• If you lot purchased the download, you lot receive a confirmation email from Dash. Your serial number is located in both the .CSV file and the .HTML file attached to the email.

Activating Dragon

With certain Dragon editions, the start fourth dimension you start Dragon subsequently upgrading, you are prompted to actuate the product. If you lot skip activation, you tin launch Dragon in Trial manner five times. After five launches, you must activate Dragon to continue using the production.

These instructions assume you have an internet connectedness available on the computer where yous upgraded Dragon.

1. Launch Dragon.
2. Select Activate Product, and then click Next.
3. Ane of the following actions occur:
   • If you upgraded from Dragon Medical Practise Edition version 2 with Smart serial number, Dragon automatically:
     • fills the top field with your Dragon Medical Practice Edition version four serial number
     • fills the bottom field with your Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 2 serial number
   • If y'all installed Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 4 or upgraded from Dragon Medical Practice Edition version ii with Total serial number, Dragon automatically:
     • fills the top field with your version Dragon Medical Practise Edition version 4 serial number
     • hides the lesser field.
       
   • If yous installed Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 4 with Smart serial number, Dragon automatically:
     • fills the meridian field with your Dragon Medical Practice Edition version 4 serial number
     • does not fill the bottom field with your Dragon Medical Practice Edition version ii series number (you need to specify it manually).
       
4. Click Next to go on.
5. Click Finish. Dragon is activated.

Known issues

Issue	Description
Recognition and playback issues with latest Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop versions running on Windows Server 2016	Problems in Xenapp and XenDesktop optimized mode include: Poor recognition Audio may stutter during playback Playback speed may increase unexpectedly These bug are acquired by compatibility issues between Citrix and Windows Server 2016. No problems on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012. No issues on Windows Server 2016 on XenDesktop in generic way.
The PowerMic does not turn on after being disconnected from the computer	A user uses Dragon with XenDesktop 7.xiii or newer. The user disconnects the PowerMic from the USB port. The user reconnects the PowerMic to the USB port. Dragon displays the message 'The Sound device is non working'. The microphone hot key and microphone icon do not plow the PowerMic on. Workarounds: Utilise generic mode, fix nether Manage devices on the Citrix server, rather than "optimized" mode Turn the mike on by pressing the microphone push on the PowerMic.
On Citrix Xenapp a large black frame displays around the Dragonbar	Dragon is set to use the modern DragonBar. A user starts Dragon. The DragonBar appears in a black UI frame. Workaround: Apply the archetype DragonBar.
On Citrix XenApp, you are non warned if the PowerMic extensions are not installed on either the Citrix server or the Citrix customer.	When the Citrix PowerMic extensions are missing on the server or the client, you lot tin can withal create a PowerMic profile. However, y'all cannot plough the microphone on when loading the profile. You lot volition see the error bulletin " the audio device is non responding…".
The PowerMic microphone does not plow on after information technology is unplugged from a estimator when "automatically adjust the microphone level as I speak" is turned off	A user creates a profile with the PowerMic microphone. Dragon is running on the computer. The microphone is on or in sleep style. The user unplugs the microphone. Dragon shows the microphone as Off. The user plugs the microphone back into the computer. The user cannot turn the microphone dorsum on in Dragon. Workaround: Use the Select Linguistic communication dialog box to reload the user profile. (Settings>Profile>Select Language)
Dragon hangs when you lot disconnnect the PowerMic microphone from the usb port	Dragon is on and a PowerMic microphone is connected to the computer via a usb port. The microphone is on or in sleep mode. A user disconnects the microphone from the usb port while Dragon is recognizing speech or at that place is background noise. Dragon hangs and the DragonBar items become unresponsive. Workaround: Turn the microphone off before you unplug the microphone from the USB port.
Issue with commands like "Delete showtime paragraph" or 'Select kickoff paragraph' command when multiple documents are open in Microsoft Word 2016	More one document is open up in Microsoft Word 2016. A user dictates text into a Word document. The user switches to a different Word document. The user says 'Select first paragraph'. Dragon selects text in the outset Give-and-take document. This result only occurs if multiple Word documents are open up in different Word processes. Example: MS Word has non started and a user opens multiple Word documents simultaneously from Windows Explorer. Workaround: Open MS Word documents within the same instance of MS Word. Case: With MS Give-and-take open, use the File menu to open multiple Word files.
English Medical vocabularies practice not contain no-infinite-on and no-infinite-off commands	After dictating text into an awarding, you lot use the no-space-on or no-space-off inline-commands. Dragon does not recognize the commands. The commands do not function as expected. Workaround 1: To remove all spaces between the words of the last utterance, after dictating text, select the dictation text and say "Compound That". Workaround 2: To remove all spaces between the words of the final utterance, when dictating text, follow this pattern: say <word1> no space <word2> no space <word n>. Example: Say "Big", say "No infinite", say "Sale", say "No infinite", say "Today", say "period".
Columns practise not update afterward upgrading Windows ten and running Acoustic Optimizer Scheduler tasks	When yous upgrade to Windows 10 Anniversary edition and tasks are scheduled and performed with the Acoustic Optimizer Scheduler (ACOS), the Last Run Time cavalcade and the Terminal Result column are not updated. Workaround: Employ the Windows Job Scheduler to view accurate information: Click the Windows Start push. In the Search field, type "Job Scheduler". The Task Scheduler opens. In the left pane, click the Task Scheduler Library folder. Discover the optimization task created by the Audio-visual and Language Model Optimizer Scheduler. The task name is prefixed by NatSpeak_Optimizer_. If there are several optimization tasks nowadays, information technology'southward helpful to look at the task's triggers, or at other tasks. View the Terminal Run Time column and the Last Result cavalcade.
The Upgrade tool does not upgrade a profile when nsadmin added the vocabulary	In Dragon Medical Practice Edition (DMPE), version 2, a user uses nsadmin to add a vocabulary to a profile. The user exports the user profile. In Dragon Medical Practice Edition, version iv, on a different computer, the user opens the Upgrade dialog box. The user selects the version 2 profile and starts the upgrade procedure. Outcome: The upgrade tool cannot upgrade the profile. The tool shows the Error message: 'Error: None of the topics is upgradable'. Workaround: Create a DMPE 4 custom vocabulary. Use the Upgrade dialog box to upgrade the DMPE 2 or 3 custom vocabulary to DMPE four.
On certain laptops, like the Microsoft Surface iii, the microphone may randomly plow off	You connect a USB external microphone to a Dragon workstation. When the arrangement is low on resources, the built-in microphone "pulses", sending a microphone result to the organisation. This may cause Dragon to plow the microphone off – even if the microphone is an external microphone. Workaround: Disable the built-in audio subsystem.
Certain fields and edit controls practice not support dictation in Internet Explorer 11	Dragon does not insert text into sure Internet Explorer 11 fields and edit controls, despite showing the 'Full Text Control" indicator. For example, the issue occurs when dictating into the Gmail subject area in the Internet Explorer 11 browser.

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