Exporting and importing commands

You can share MyCommands custom commands with other User Profiles by exporting them to a file and then having the other user import that file. If you have created several User Profiles on your computer, you will be able to access these commands no matter which user is currently open.

Use the following procedures to export and import commands.

To export a command

  1. On the Tools menu of the DragonBar, click Command Browser.
  2. On the open Command Browser window, click the Manage button.
  3. Select the current group.
  4. Click on the plus sign (+) to expand the list if needed to find the command(s) you want to export.
  5. Click the check box to the left of the command grammar so that a check mark appears in it.
  6. Click the Export icon on the toolbar.
  7. In the toolbar of the Custom tab, click Export.
  8. From the Choose a File to Export to dialog box, you can:
    • Choose a File name from the ones listed, click Save, and then Click either Overwrite, Merge, or Cancel on the Exporting MyCommands dialog box that appears. Overwrite replaces the commands in the existing file with the ones you selected. Merge adds the commands you selected to the ones already in the file.
    • Enter a new file name and click Save.

To import command files

  1. On the Tools menu of the DragonBar, click Command Browser.
  2. On the open Command Browser window, click the Manage button.
  3. In the toolbar of the Manage area, click Import.
  4. Use the Choose a file to import from dialog box to navigate to the location of the voice command file, for example, MyCommands.dat, which you want to import, and select the file.
  5. Click Open.
  6. In the Importing MyCommands dialog box, select the commands you want to import by clicking the check box to the left of the command so that a check mark appears in the box. If you need to expand the list to find the command(s) you want, click on the plus sign (+).
  7. When all the commands you want to import are selected, click the Import button.

    8. The status of the import process and any error messages appear in the Import Status dialog box.

Notes

  • After importing a voice command file, you can use all the custom voice commands it contains in addition to any custom voice commands that were already in your voice command file. You can also edit commands that are contained in the imported file.
  • You can also use the Manage area of the Command Browser to edit the properties of commands you have imported.
  • Each person who uses imported commands can improve how Dragon recognizes them by training the command names in their own voice.
  • You can also export and import custom commands in MyCommands-native .XML format.