November 20, 2006

DNS9 and Natlink/Vocola troubleshooting

1Category: Natlink/Vocola for beginners34

DNS 9 has fantastic accuracy. And the new Vocola installer worked like a charm. But both DNS 9 and Vocola have required a few "adjustments".

I, and other users, have experienced the below issues.



















ProblemSolution
DNS 9 freezes in noisy environmentsInstall patch35 from Nuance website
Apparently the new NatLink/Vocola installer does not install over the old installation.Uninstall existing NatLink/Vocola installation before using the new installer.
Some macros won't work.Increase or insert additional "Wait" times. I now usually insert Wait(200) by default whenever a menu pops up/down or screen updates.
Apparently recursive grammars cause issues.
See this forum post36 for details.

If anyone would like to add to the above, please let me know.

// posted by Melissa @ 1:58 am
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You don't have to understand how Natlink/Vocola works to use any of the Vocola commands on this site or on speech wiki

Just follow this procedure to incorporate a Vocola command into your Dragon setup:

1. Install Natlink/Vocola.

2. Restart your computer.

3. If the command is for a particular application, open that application and say "edit VoiceCommands" OR If the command is global, say "edit global VoiceCommands".

A blank command file will display.

4. Copy the Vocola command that you want to use to the clipboard (from this site or from speech wiki).

5. Go back to the command file you just displayed, and paste the command on a new line anywhere in the file.

6. Say "refresh macros" to save the commands.

7. Close the command file window.

You're now able to use the new command.

NOTE: Natlink/Vocola is free, versatile and compatible with all editions of DNS (you can even use it to create commands with Standard editions), but it has its quirks. If you're looking for a complete command set with user support, you may want to consider a buying product like Knowbrainer or hiring an SR professional to customise commands for you.

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