Release Notes for Dragon Medical SpeechKit 2022.2.1 (iOS edition 4.1 R2)

New in version 2022.2.1 (4.1 R2)

• Nuance-hosted systems only, US English only: With Dragon Medical Server 2021.4, Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant trigger phrases were updated as follows [HCPLAT-2050]:

Development organization: The default trigger phrases have changed from hey Dragon and OK Dragon to hey Florence and OK Florence. These defaults are for testing and development purposes only during the evaluation phase; they are not intended for end users in production organizations.

Production system: You need to define app-specific trigger phrases for your end users in production organizations. This cannot be done programmatically; to define trigger phrases, contact Nuance product management. Once your custom trigger phrases are configured, the development defaults will no longer work.

Solved issues in version 2022.2.1 (4.1 R2)

• When the app is denied microphone access in the user's privacy settings, the error message now provides more information on the nature of the issue and provides instructions on how to change the microphone access settings. [DMOCE-1421]
• The personalization and help screen now opens correctly when the user taps the menu button on the speech bar. [DNB-37778]
• Improved error handling and user notification when the personalization and help screen cannot be loaded; the loading icon no longer spins indefinitely. [DNB-41518]
• The app no longer starts in standby mode when the speech recognition language does not support standby mode. Standby mode is only available for US English and Canadian English. [DNB-41092]
• Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant: Resolved crashes related to NMVAKpiCollector when executing DMVA events. DMVA is only available for US English in Nuance-hosted systems. [FLOR-43669]

Important information

• Mobile operating system support: The current major iOS version is supported along with the previous two major versions. [HCPLAT-1485, DNB-31832]
• The Dragon Medical SpeechKit Text-To-Speech Service has been decommissioned. Text-to-speech is provided by the Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant. [HCPLAT-1528, DNB-31754]
• Dragon Medical SpeechKit 2022.2 (iOS edition) is compatible with Dragon Medical Server 2020.4 and 2021.x.
• Dragon Medical Server 2022.2 is compatible with client versions 2021.x and 2022.x.
• Filtering auto-texts (defining filters to deactivate auto-texts selectively) is deprecated and will no longer work.
• The SystemConfiguration framework must be linked explicitly to your application, even if Link Frameworks Automatically is set to YES. If Link Frameworks Automatically is set to NO, the WebKit framework must also be linked to your application.
• From version 3.1 Service Release 12, the iOS edition is delivered as an embedded framework. When upgrading from an earlier version, changes are required in your integration. For more information, see "Setting up Dragon Medical SpeechKit" in the Dragon Medical SpeechKit iOS edition help. [DNB-8963, DNB-10129]
• Bitcode is not supported for production use. If you need a bitcode version of the SDK, for example for Veracode scanning, please contact your Nuance support representative. [DNB-21339]
• Split View is not supported. [DNB-28030]
• To build an application on an iOS simulator, you must exclude arm64 architecture from the build settings. Proceed as follows:

In your application project in Xcode 12, browse for Build Settings, Excluded Architecture, Debug.

Click Add, select Any iOS simulator SDK and set it to arm64.

Make sure to also do this for your release configuration.

Known issues

• A memory leak of 1.3 MB occurs approximately every 75 seconds (only while the application is in recording mode). [DNB-32086]
• The wake up and go to sleep commands and the virtual assistant trigger words are not reliably recognized when the user is using a Bluetooth microphone. [FLOR-11863]

Infrastructure

Infrastructure no longer supported

• Dragon Medical SpeechKit and Dragon Medical Embedded 2022.2 applications do not work with version 2020 servers.
• Version 3.6 client applications do not work with version 2021.4 servers.
• iOS 12 is no longer supported.

Infrastructure changes planned for the next release

• Dragon Medical SpeechKit and Dragon Medical embedded 2022.3 and higher will not work with version 2020 servers.
• Version 2020 client applications will not work with version 2022.2 servers.

System requirements*

*End-of-life: third-party environments

Support for third-party environments is only valid as long as they are supported by the corresponding vendor and might be subject to other restrictions. Please contact Nuance Technical Support for details. For more information, see the documentation delivered with the third-party product and supporting Nuance documentation.

When standard support by the vendor has stopped, Nuance will continue support if an issue is specific to the Nuance solution, within the limitations of the vendor's standard end-of-life and Nuance's policy. This means that issues that are a combination of the vendor's component and the Nuance solution cannot be supported.

Dragon Medical SpeechKit product life cycle

Nuance provides support throughout the life cycle of one version and point release. Please note that Nuance will not perform problem analysis after the scheduled start of restricted maintenance. Dragon Medical Server versions released over three months after the dates stated here will not work with these client editions.