Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Chapter 8: Customizing a User Profile
l To include a spoken form of a word, type the word followed by a backslash (\) and the
spoken form of a word. For example, to have Dragon enter "Robert F. Kennedy"when you
say "RFK", type Robert F. Kennedy\RFK in the text file.
Create a text file that contains custom words
1. If you have Dragon available on another computer, you can use it to create custom words and
export the words to a .txt file. For more information, see the main Dragon Help file.
Add custom words to a shared location
When you use nsadmin, you can enter paths as complete local paths, relative paths, mapped network
drives, a UNC path, or the path to removable media such as a CD-ROM or ZIP drive. For
more information, see Using paths with nsadmin.
You must create a .txt file (newwords.txt in the following examples) that contains custom words
before you perform the following steps. For more information, see "Create a text file that contains
custom words" above.
1. If you have not already created it, create the data distribution directory. For more information,
see Creating the Data Distribution Directory.
2. On each computer that an end-user uses for dictation, map a network drive to the location of
the data distribution directory. As an alternative, you may reference the network UNC address
of the location of the nsadmin utility.
3. Start the Data Distribution Tool. For more information, see Starting the Data Distribution
Tool.
4. In the Data Distribution Tool, make the appropriate selections to add the list of words to the
data distribution directory. For more information, see Use the Data Distribution Tool to add
custom words.
Use the Data Distribution Tool to add custom words
If you add custom words to a Commands Only vocabulary, when you upgrade a User Profile,
the upgrade process does not retain the custom words. In general, you should not add custom
words to a Commands Only vocabulary.
1. On the Data Distribution Tool, select Add or remove words to share across vocabularies.
2. (optional) To choose a location for the custom words on the local computer, click Advanced.
In the Custom directory text box of the Advanced Settings dialog box, type the path to the
new location for the custom words. If you do not take this step, Dragon copies the files to the
following default location (in Windows XP):
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nuance\Dragon Nat-
urallySpeaking12\Custom\enx
See Dragon file structure for information on default locations on Windows 7 and other operating
systems.
3. Click Next.
4. Associate a language with the custom words.
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