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Nuance says you can easily upgrade between different versions of the same edition, for example from Dragon Professional Group version 15.x to Dragon Professional version 16.1.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“You can easily upgrade between different versions of the same edition, for example Dragon Professional Group V15.x to Dragon Professional V16.1.”
Dragon Professional 16.1 Release notes, Nuance Communications, Nuance Communications, Dragon Professional 16.1 help, n.d., Before you upgrade.
Open the original- What it measures
- Nuance gives this example in the Before you upgrade section of the version 16.1 release notes, before its list of restrictions.
- What it does not show
- The note covers moves within one edition. Moving from Dragon Professional or Dragon Legal to Dragon Law Enforcement is a different case, and the notes say profiles do not carry over automatically.