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          Philips Hardware SDK upgrade package G13 (V4.8 Build 480.33)              
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     (c) Copyright Speech Processing Solutions GmbH, 2025
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Warning: Philips Hardware SDK upgrade package should only be applied in case you 
		 experience serious issues in your particular virtual/remote environment.

Before applying the upgrade package, read the Philips Speech Extensions guide carefully to learn when you 
should apply it, what it actually does and what you need to be careful about! You can find the guide under

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Short description:	

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Registered SDK upgrade
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By installing philips_sdk_upgrade.exe on the server/target side, a few things are done:

1. It removes old Philips Speech server extensions.
2. It upgrades all registered Philips Hardware SDK components. 
   These new components inherently contain the server side control extensions  
   and auto-detect whether you´re running Citrix, VMware, WTS/RDP or locally (in case no Philips client 
   extensions are installed, which might be useful in case you let Citrix/VMware/RDP take care of full USB redirection).

Check the guide for command line setup parameters!

   
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Side-by-side (sxs) SDK upgrade
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If your dictation software is using Philips SDKs in a side-by-side fashion, you need to copy some files to
Philips.[name of the SDK] folders next to the software´s executable.
Please follow the online guide to learn when, how and why to do this.