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Installation of NatLink⁄Vocola 2⁄Unimacro

For Dragon 12 install: release 4.1beta !

  • You do not need to uninstall anything before you install this new release.
  • Most things of NatLink, Vocola and Unimacro work.
  • Works Python 2.6 and (partly) for Python 2.7
  • Test results are welcome.
  • Donations are very welcome.

For Dragon 11 and before, install: Release 4.0 .

  • For most functionality, the 4.1beta release can be installed too, lots of little changes have been made.
  • You do not need to uninstall anything before you install this new release.
  • Stable with most things of Dragon 11.
  • Stable with Vocola 2.7.2+I.
  • Several grammars of Unimacro need a revision still...
  • Works with Python2.5 and Python2.6 (recommended) and probably with Python2.7 (confirmation please)
  • The files are in the NatLink repository . Click on the different "buttons" in case the links below do not work.

Installing Python2.6

  • Download PythoneededforNatLink 2.6 . This is a self-extracting zip file.
  • Run the self-extracting executable to unzip the installers to a temporary folder.
  • Install Python (click on, e.g., python-2.6.4.msi), for all users (which is the default).
  • Install Pythonwin (click on, e.g., pywin32-212.win32-py2.6.exe).
  • Install wxPython (click on, e.g., wxPython2.8-win32-ansi-2.8.10.1-py26.exe) Extract to a temporary folder.
  • Installing PyXML (PyXML-0.8.4.win32-py2.6.exe) is only needed if you are going to use VoiceCode, but does no harm when you install it.

Download and install NatLink⁄Vocola 2⁄Unimacro

  • Download the combined installer as given above.
  • Run the downloaded file.
  • Install on C:\NatLink (or D:\NatLink or any other drive of your choice). Installing in "C:\Program files\NatLink" is NOT advised any more.

Directory layout after installation

When you installed at C:\NatLink you will get the following directory structure:

  • NatLink and Vocola 2 are in C:\NatLink\NatLink,
  • Unimacro is in C:\NatLink\Unimacro (this will be the default UserDirectory if you Enable Unimacro)
  • The core directory is C:\NatLink\NatLink\MacroSystem\core (the "controlling" NatLink files are located here)
  • Internally the compiled Vocola 2 files will go in C:\NatLink\NatLink\MacroSystem (this is the baseDirectory of NatLink. Unimacro or Vocola 2 users usually do not need to put files into this directory).
  • In case you cannot find your configuration program (the GUI): it is located in C:\NatLink\NatLink\confignatlinkvocolaunimacro. The configuration (GUI) program is the file "configurenatlink.pyw".

Proceed with the configuration