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About user profiles (Dragon Professional 16 help)

Nuance Communications, Nuance Communications, Dragon Professional 16 help, 2023

Read on October 16, 2026

What it is: The Dragon Professional 16 help page that defines a user profile, the transcription profile and the dynamic profile, and says where dynamic profiles are stored.
How much weight it carries: Official vendor documentation for version 16. The folder path applies to Nuance Management Center (NMS) mode and may differ in standalone installs.

Facts taken from this source

Nuance says that when Nuance Management Center mode is on, Dragon creates dynamic user profiles in a folder under the user's AppData\Local\Nuance\NS16\Users path.
“By default, Dragon creates dynamic user profiles in the Users\Username\Appdata\Local\Nuance\NS16\Users\[NMSUser_GUID] folder.” (About dynamic user profiles)
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.
“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” (Backups section)
Nuance defines a Dragon user profile as a set of files that Dragon uses to process your speech, which stores information such as the type of microphone you use and your custom words.
“A user profile is a set of files that Dragon uses to process what you say. Your user profile stores information, like the type of microphone you use and your custom words.” (Overview)