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Nuance's Dragon 16 help says you can back up your user profile manually from Settings, then Profile, then Back up User Profile, and that you can export it.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

In the source's own words

“You can back up your user profile manually by selecting Settings> Profile>Back up User Profile or Settings> Profile>Manage User Profiles>Advanced>Backup ... To back up your user profile manually, you can export it”

About user profiles (Dragon Professional 16 help), Nuance Communications, Nuance Communications, Dragon Professional 16 help, 2023, Backups section.

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What it measures
The Dragon 16 help page about user profiles, in its Backups section. On managed installs, the administrator sets the automatic backup frequency in the NMC console instead.
What it does not show
The page does not say where a manual backup or export is saved, or in what format the export is written.

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