Dragon NaturallySpeaking For Dummies, 4th Edition

Chapter 19

Having Multiple Computers or Users

In This Chapter

Creating and managing users

Moving User Profiles to a new computer

Deleting a user

Backing up and restoring User Profiles

Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, is famous for his ideas about change. He is quoted as saying, “You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.” Computer systems change faster than almost any other part of life: If something works, it must be obsolete. If you become a regular user of NaturallySpeaking, you and your NaturallySpeaking assistant will probably go through a number of changes together — new operating systems, new versions of the NaturallySpeaking software, or even whole new hardware. New users may come into your life as family members or officemates decide that they want to start dictating, too.

Some changes have been dealt with elsewhere in this book. In Chapter 18, I talk about hardware upgrades that may improve the performance of NaturallySpeaking: more memory, a better sound card, and a better microphone.

In this chapter, I look at how NaturallySpeaking ...