Release Notes for Dragon Medical SpeechKit 2024.4 (iOS edition 6.1 R1)

New in version 2024.4 (6.1 R1)

• iOS 18 and Xcode 16 are now supported.
• iOS 15 is no longer supported.
• The iOS SDK now supports authentication using Microsoft Entra ID; send the authenticationToken and authenticationTokenExpiryTime parameters with the open session call. This authentication method requires additional updates to backend components before it can be used.
• The SDK is no longer delivered as an XCFramework. It is now only available as a Swift package at https://github.com/nuance-communications/Dragon-Medical-SpeechKit-iOS. If you were using an earlier version of the SDK as an embedded framework or XCFramework and need to switch to the Swift package, you must first remove/unlink the embedded framework/XCFramework from your project.

Solved in version 2024.4 (6.1 R1)

• A memory leak of 1.3 MB no longer occurs every 75 seconds while the application is in recording mode. [DNB-32086]
• US and Canada systems only, English only: Standby mode and the wake word have been reactivated.
• US systems only, English only: Virtual assistant trigger phrases have been reactivated.

Important information

• Mobile operating system support: The current major iOS version is supported along with the previous two major versions. [HCPLAT-1485, DNB-31832]
• Dragon Medical SpeechKit 2024.4 (iOS edition) is compatible with Dragon Medical Server 2023 and 2024.
• Dragon Medical Server 2024.4 is compatible with Dragon Medical SpeechKit and Dragon Medical Embedded versions 2023 and 2024.
• 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.
• Split View isn't supported. [DNB-28030]

Infrastructure

Infrastructure no longer supported

• Dragon Medical SpeechKit and Dragon Medical Embedded 2024.4 applications don't work with version 2022 servers.
• Version 2022 client applications don't work with version 2024 servers.

Infrastructure changes planned for the next release

• Dragon Medical SpeechKit and Dragon Medical Embedded 2025.1 and higher won't work with version 2023.1 servers.
• Version 2023.1 client applications won't work with version 2025.1 servers.

System requirements*

*End-of-life: third-party environments

Support for third-party environments is only valid as long as they're 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

To take advantage of technical innovations and security enhancements, it's important to stay up to date with the latest versions of our SDKs.

We use the following versioning standard:

• Major release - represented by an increment in the major application version number; for example 2023.1, 2023.2.
• Point release - a service release between major releases, represented by an increment in the minor application version number; for example 2023.2.1, 2023.2.2.

We provide support for the current Dragon Medical SpeechKit version and one previous version. We investigate issues in the most current version and the previous version, or all versions released within the last 12 months (whichever includes more versions). Updates that address issues identified in previous versions are always based on the most current version.

When we release a new version of Dragon Medical SpeechKit that includes breaking changes, you might need to update your application’s source code. In these cases, we continue support for the previous version, prior to the breaking changes, for 12 months.

We won't investigate issues after the end of support.

*Preliminary date depending on the next major or point release. If this is longer than 12 months, the support period will be extended until the next major or point release.

At Nuance, we place a strong emphasis on security and take a proactive approach to safeguarding our platform. To this end, 12 months after the end of support, Nuance deactivates unsupported client versions on the Nuance cloud. To avoid any disruption in service, we strongly recommend that partners integrating client SDKs that are in restricted maintenance mode upgrade their customers to the latest version of Dragon Medical SpeechKit as soon as possible.