8/3/2017

Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition 14 R2 Release notes

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The Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition 14 R2 is divided into two parts:

Dragon SDK Client for Developers .zip file
Dragon Client Runtime installer

You'll need to install the Dragon Client Runtime and extract the Dragon SDK Client for Developers .zip file to develop custom applications.

Your customers will only install the Dragon Client Runtime along with the custom applications you develop.

Here's how the components are divided:

Component:	Installed with:
Dragon Program Files	Dragon Client Runtime
Text-to-Speech Files	Dragon Client Runtime
Speech Files	Dragon Client Runtime
Sample Files	Dragon SDK Client for Developers
Correction Object	Dragon SDK Client for Developers

System requirements

RAM

Minimum:

2 GB for 32-bit Windows 7, 8.1, and 10.
4 GB for 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1,10, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.

CPU

Minimum: 2.2 GHz Intel® dual core or equivalent AMD processor. Faster processors yield faster performance.

Free hard disk space

8GB if you install from the DVD, 16GB if you copy the DVD to your hard drive and then install.

Supported operating systems

Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012

Other requirements

Internet Explorer 9 or higher or the current version of Chrome or Firefox
A DVD drive for installation
An audio input device capable of 16-bit recording
For a list of recommended devices, see http://support.nuance.com/compatibility/.

Installing the Dragon Client Runtime

Installing the Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition runtime from the DVD may take significant time. To speed up the process, we strongly recommend that you copy the contents of the DVD to your local drive and run setup.exe from there.

To install the Dragon Client Runtime:

Put the DVD for the Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition into your DVD-ROM drive.
If installation does not begin automatically, navigate to the DVD-ROM drive in Windows Explorer; then double-click D:\Setup.exe, where D: is your DVD-ROM drive, to start the installation.
When prompted for your customer information, enter your name, company name, and the installation serial number that you received with the DVD for the Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition.
Click Next to accept the default installation directory or click Browse to navigate to a different installation directory.
Choose your Setup Type:
- Typical/Complete: Installs all options and program and speech files and requires the most disk space.
- Custom: Lets you select which options and user profiles to install. Customizing your installation options can greatly reduce the disk space required for installation.
  For the Professional edition, you can modify the following settings during a custom installation. These settings are applied to all user profiles created with this installation of the Dragon SDK Client Edition:
  - "Modify the application's settings for all users" displays the Options dialog box that lets you change Dragon Professional’s standard behavior, including specifying hot keys, initial microphone settings, and setting the how often your user profiles are backed up.
  - “Modify the administrative settings” displays the Administrative settings dialog box that lets you set up the Roaming User feature as well as well as set the backup location of your user profiles and restrict users from modifying commands and vocabularies. This option also allows you to choose which acoustic models and vocabularies to install. For more information, see Acoustic models and vocabularies.
  - "Modify the formatting options" displays the Auto-Formatting dialog box that lets you customizing how text is formatted
Continue following the on-screen instructions. The setup program will copy the files for Dragon Professional to your computer.

Using the Dragon SDK Client for Developers

The Dragon SDK Client for Developers is a set of tools supplied to you in a .zip file: ProfSDKDSCDev.zip.

You should unpack this .zip file onto the same system where you installed the Dragon Client Runtime.

Using the Correction Object

The Dragon SDK Client for Developers includes the Dragon Correction Object. The Dragon Correction Object:

Integrates transcript correction features into Microsoft Word and makes it accessible through the Word toolbar.
Lets you synchronizes the text in a thin correction client with the text and wave indices in an .IDX file.
Accepts a .WAV file and an .IDX file as input

To install the Dragon Correction Object:

Find the CorrObjectInstallation directory where you unpacked the Dragon SDK Client for Developers .zip file.
In the CorrObjectInstallation directory, double-click setup.exe. This starts the Dragon Correction Object installation.
Follow the prompts and select a destination directory.

The Correction objects is installed to the default directory 'Program Files\Nuance\Dragon Correction Object' or to the selected custom directory.

Coexistence with other Dragon products

You can install Dragon SDK Client Edition on the same computer where Dragon Professional (Individual, Group) is installed.
You cannot run both the V14 Dragon Client Runtime and V14 Dragon Professional (Individual, Group) at the same time; either Dragon edition cannot be running when switching between the Dragon SDK Client and Dragon.
Running the V14 Dragon Client Runtime on the same machine as V15 Dragon Professional (Individual, Group) is not supported. See the Known issues section for a workaround.

Voctool

The Dragon Vocabulary Tool (Voctool.exe) is no longer included with the DNS 14 SDK.

The Dragon Vocabulary Tool (Voctool.exe) is only available for download through your Partner Portal:

Log in to: https://network.nuance.com with the username and password supplied to you Nuance
Go to Product Downloads-->Desktop Application Solutions-->Dragon NaturallySpeaking-->Version 14-->VocTool folder
When you click on the link, you will be taken through a click-thru EULA and then the download.

To use the Dragon Vocabulary Tool, copy Voctool.exe to the 'Program Files\Nuance\Dragon SDK Client Edition 14\Program' directory.

What’s new in the Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition 14 R2

TBD

Known issues

Running the V14 Dragon Client Runtime with V15 Dragon Professional (Individual, Group) is not supported DRGNM-4150

You use the dgnsvc product activation to switch between a V14 installation and the V14 Client SDK runtime when they are installed on the same system.

To switch between a V15 Professional installation and the V14 Client SDK runtime when they are installed on the same system, you would need to re-run/re-register spchapi each time you want to switch to the V14 runtime.

You can download the executable here: http://supportcontent.nuance.com/kbfiles/4280-spchapi.exe

.m4a files not transcribed in some editionsDRGNM-4036

Version 14 Professional Individual (first release – 14.00.000.180) or V14 Professional Group cannot transcribe .m4a files – this functionality was implemented after these products shipped.

The Version 14 Professional Individual re-release (14.00.000.416) , the SDK runtime and Dragon 15 do support this file format.

Using Version 15 of Professional Individual (English or German) as the runtime client DRGNM-3616

Some audio files (of any supported file format) may not be transcribed when using Version 15 Professional Individual (English or German) as a runtime with the V14 R2 SDK.

These work fine with V14 , the supplied V14 Client runtime and any Versions of V15 products released in the future.

Note: Dragon 15 no longer supports the 11 kHz wav file format. Audio files use in V15 need to have a sampling rate of at least 16 hhz.

Programming PowerMic buttons not supported DRGNM-4211

Programming PowerMic buttons to take actions other than their standard actions is not supported in the Dragon Professional SDK Client Edition 14 R2 Dragon Client Runtime. In addition, he PowerMic button feature in the dictcust sample has been removed.

However, these functions are supported in the Dragon Group V14 and V15 releases.