Customizing your phonetic alphabet for license plate and VIN dictation

By default, Dragon uses the NATO alphabet for license plate or Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) dictation. Optionally, your site can use a different phonetic alphabet by editing the icao.ini file. This file is installed on each Dragon client during the Dragon Law Enforcement installation. You can use only one phonetic alphabet per site for license plate and VIN dictation.

Generally, your Dragon administrator should customize your icao.ini file and then upload it to the NMC console. The next time you log in to the Dragon client, or when you log out and log back in, Dragon downloads the updated file. Dragon does this for all users. This ensures that all Dragon users at your site use the same phonetic alphabet.

To customize your phonetic alphabet:

  1. Navigate to the following directory on a client computer where Dragon is installed:

    \ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking15

  2. Locate the icao.ini file.
  3. Copy the icao.ini file to another location.

  4. Right-click the file, and then select Open with>Notepad.

    The file opens.

  5. Locate the line that begins with enx PAWs=.

  6. Edit the default values to the left of the letters, numbers, and special characters.

    Example:

    Original value: alpha\A

    Changed value: apple\A

  7. Select File>Save.
  8. Close the file.

  9. Log in to the NMC console and then upload the modified file.

    Users receive the updated icao.ini file the next time they log in to Dragon, or upon logging out and logging back in. For more information, see the "Sites" chapter in the Nuance Management Center Administrator Guide.

    Note: Dragon downloads the updated file to the following directory on client computers:

    \ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking15\Users\<guid folder>

    Example: C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking15\Users\Usere5c93c3c-acf0-484e-857d-14f9776edbaa_d361450d-66ac-4802-9e2d-fa5f1675a3f

    The updated file must remain in this directory. Do not copy it to the original directory (\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking15).

 

Related procedures

Additional information
Dictating license plates and VINs About dictating license plates and VINs
Creating a custom command for license plate and VIN dictation NATO alphabet reference

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