Administrative Settings dialog box—Miscellaneous tab

Click to edit the user profile backup location.

You can change the backup location to any directory where Windows has both read and write permissions, including portable devices such as USB sticks and DVD/CD burners. If you change the location, backups for all user profiles will be located in the same directory.

Location where Dragon stores customized words and commands.

If selected, prevents restricted Windows users from adding or modifying Dragon commands. Selecting this option allows only users logged in with administrator privileges to add or modify commands.

Restricted users can, however, delete, import, and export commands using the Command Browser, for example using Manage mode.

If deselected, allows restricted Windows users to add and modify Dragon commands.

You can enable this option in NMS mode and in Standalone mode. However, if you enable NMS mode, you must enable this setting in the Dragon client. This option is not available in the NMC.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, prevents users from creating or editing macro recorder commands. Users can still run the commands, however.

If deselected, allows users to create and edit macro recorder custom commands.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, prevents users from creating or editing step-by-step custom commands. Users can still run the commands, however.

If deselected, allows users to create and edit step-by-step commands.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, prevents users from creating or editing scripting custom commands. Users can still run the commands, however.

If deselected, allows users to create and edit scripting commands.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, prevents restricted Windows users from modifying vocabularies.

If deselected, allows restricted Windows users to modify vocabularies.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, Dragon preserves all audio that occurs during dictation, like pauses, background noises, and coughing.

If deselected, Dragon eliminates the wave data from the audio.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, enables Correction Only mode. This allows you to log into another user's profile to edit their dictated document using the Playback feature. Dictation is disabled when this option is enabled to prevent you from unintentionally modifying the other user's speech data.

If deselected, disables Correction Only mode.

You must disable Correction Only mode to create a new dictation source, and to run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer.

You can enable Correction Only Mode in NMS mode and in Standalone mode. However, if you enable NMS mode, you must enable this setting in the Dragon client. This option is not available in the NMC.

Default value: Deselected

If selected, prevents Acoustic Optimization from selecting a different acoustic model that more closely matches your accent for your user profile. For more information, see About acoustic models.

If deselected, allows Acoustic Optimization to select a different acoustic model automatically if necessary.

Default value: Deselected

Click to enter a serial number to activate a different Dragon client edition, such as Legal.

Use this button for Standalone mode only. In NMS mode, you change your serial number and manage the available licenses in the Nuance Management Console (NMC).