Set the language and topic (Android)

Dragon Medical SpeechKit supports several languages and provides optimized speech recognition vocabulary for different medical specialties. Not all languages and specialties are available in all regions; see the table below for details.

You can specify the language to be used for speech recognition for each VUI form. Based on the medical specialties your users work in, you can also specify the topic (medical specialty) for each VUI form.

To set the language and topic, add this line to your VuiController declaration:

android:tag="language:<your language>;topic:<your topic>"

For example:

<com.nuance.speechanywhere.VuiController
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:tag="language:en-US;topic:InternalMedicine"
    android:id="@+id/vuicontroller">

Alternatively, the language and topic can be set programmatically. To set the language and topic, obtain a reference to the VuiController object in your activity and call the setLanguage(String language) and setTopic(String topic) methods on the VuiController object, then call synchronize(). Setting the language and topic only have an effect when synchronize() is called.

For example:

theVuiController.setLanguage("en-US");
theVuiController.setTopic(VuiController.NUSA_TOPIC_GENERAL_MEDICINE);
theVuiController.synchronize();

For lists of valid languages and topics, see the tables below. To set the topic, you can pass the actual topic string values or the corresponding public string constants.

• If you don't set the language, SpeechKit uses the language of your Android device.
• If you don't set the topic, SpeechKit uses General Medicine.

GUI language

The language used for SpeechKit GUI elements is the speech recognition language of the last speech-enabled form the user has dictated into.

Topic names

The following table shows the SpeechKit topic name for each medical specialty/data pack name. Set vuiController.Topic to the SpeechKit topic name.

Important information

• If your topic isn't listed above, set topic:<myTopic>. For more information, please contact Nuance support.
• User profile adaptation is done separately for each topic; make sure to specify the correct medical specialty for it to work efficiently.
• Specify the Clinical Administration topic when using general, non-medical language.

Available languages

To set the language, use the two-letter code specifying the language and region. The region is optional. For example, use en-US or en for US English.

The following table lists the available languages and topics (as specific data pack versions) for each Dragon Medical system:

SpeechKit also supports the following languages for legacy SpeechMagic-based systems:

• Catalan (ca)
• Hungarian (hu)
• Slovenian (sl)

Disclaimer

The language availability information provided in this table reflects the technical deployment status of Dragon Medical services across various geographies. It is intended solely for informational and planning purposes. It does not constitute a statement of license rights or commercial entitlements.

Actual language availability for any customer or vendor depends exclusively on the terms of their specific contractual agreements with Nuance, Microsoft or the relevant licensing entity. Vendors and partners must verify their individual contract provisions to confirm which languages they are legally entitled to use.

Additionally, this information may change over time due to ongoing product updates, regional deployment adjustments, or regulatory considerations. No warranty is made regarding the completeness, accuracy, or currentness of the data, and we assume no liability for actions taken based on this table. For the most up‑to‑date entitlement or licensing information, please refer to your contract or contact your Microsoft representative.