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Chapter 8: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming

User Profiles

This section describes how to set up, configure, and enable the Roaming feature on client computers. This section also provides information on how to create, dictate with, and upgrade Roaming User Profiles.

Setting up the Roaming feature

The Roaming feature lets end-users dictate with Dragon NaturallySpeaking from different network locations and on different computers without having to create and train individual User Profiles at each location.The Roaming feature works by storing User Profiles in a central network location so that the information Dragon learns from an end-user dictating on one computer is also available on other computers. To set up Roaming User Profiles, carry out the steps shown in the table below, in chronological order.

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Topic

The Roaming feature

Setting up the Roaming feature n

Creating a network storage location for the Master Roaming User Profiles n

Where to install and configure Dragon NaturallySpeaking n

Storage space required for the Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles n

How Dragon Synchronizes Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles n

Estimating Network traffic caused by synchronization

Enabling the Roaming feature on each computer where an enduser dictates n

Setting Roaming User Profile locations n

Setting Roaming User Profile options n

Testing an HTTP or HTTPS connection

Creating Roaming User Profiles n

Creating and training a new Roaming User Profile n

Converting a non-roaming local User Profile into a Roaming User Profile n

Copying a non-Roaming User Profile to the Master Roaming User Profile location

Dictating with a Roaming User Profile n

Opening a Roaming User Profile n

Using multiple dictation sources with a single User Profile n

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer for

Roaming User Profiles n

Synchronizing Master and Local Roaming User Profiles

Upgrade Roaming User Profiles to Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Link n

Overview of the

Roaming feature

n

Setting up the Roaming feature

n

Enabling the Roaming feature on each computer where an end-user will dictate

n

Creating a

Roaming

User Profile on the local computer n

Dictating with a

Roaming

User Profile n

Upgrading

Roaming

User Profiles: Overview n

Enabling Enabling Roaming User Profiles as part of an MSI installation

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Topic Link

Roaming

User Profiles for an

MSI installation

Overview of the Roaming feature

The Roaming feature lets end-users dictate with Dragon from different network locations and on different computers without having to create and train individual User Profiles at each location.

Some situations that the Roaming feature makes possible: n

A doctor may need to dictate reports in a medical office building using a desktop computer, in a hospital room using a Tablet PC, or at home using a laptop computer. The Roaming feature allows the doctor to use the same set of User

Profiles containing the same vocabulary words with the acoustic information from each location.

n

An end-user dictates on the same laptop at multiple offices and at home. Before leaving the office, the end-user loads a set of User Profiles from a central location on the network to his laptop. Once home, the end-user dictates and corrects as you normally would. When the end-user returns to the office, they reconnect the laptop to the network. The next time the end-user opens a Dragon user profile, the Roaming feature synchronizes the updated User Profiles on the laptop with those at the network’s central location.

The relationship between the Master and the Local Roaming User Profile

With the Roaming feature, each Dragon user profile has a single Master Roaming User

Profile that can be opened from multiple networked computers running Dragon. The Master

Roaming User Profile is stored on a network location accessible to your dictating end-users.

When a Master Roaming User Profile is opened from that central network location, Dragon transfers a copy of that User Profile to the local computer. That local copy is called the Local

Roaming User Profile.

The Local Roaming User Profile is a copy of the end-user data taken from the Master

Roaming User Profile but modified locally by corrections and acoustic data gathered during a dictation session.

You can set a central storage device to contain all your Master Roaming User Profiles. By loading a Dragon User Profile from the central network location, your end-users can dictate at any computer where Dragon is installed. When end-users exit Dragon and save the changes to their User Profiles, these changes are saved in that central location. The next time the end-user runs Dragon, all the changes saved are available regardless of which computer on the network he or she uses for dictation.

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Advantages of the Roaming feature

It is important to distinguish the Roaming feature from simply browsing to a network directory and creating files there. Nuance recommends using the Roaming feature rather than storing non-Roaming User Profiles in a network directory. Using the Roaming feature, you can: n

Minimize network traffic. When Dragon opens a User Profile, if there is already a copy of the Roaming User Profile on the local computer, only the updates are downloaded from the network. When the end-user closes the User Profile at the end of his or her dictation session, only the updates from the current session are uploaded to the network. These updates typically amount to no more than a few KB of data, as opposed to roughly 90 MB of data if the entire User Profile is opened and closed over the network.

n

Allow the end-user to use Dragon even if the network directory is unavailable. In that case, Dragon opens the local copy of the Roaming User Profile.

n

Give the administrator precise control over where end-users can put User Profiles. If the Roaming feature is enabled, the administrator can specify whether or not to also allow end-users to browse to any User Profile location; the default is not to allow browsing. This means that the administrator can easily see how many User Profiles have been created and who created them. If the Roaming feature is not enabled, endusers can browse to any location to which they have access and create User Profiles there. n

If HTTP Roaming is configured, it can be used to provide username/password authentication on User Profiles.

Hosting Master Roaming User Profiles

There are several methods for hosting your Master Roaming User Profiles: n

On a file server you connect to over a Mapped Drive n

On a file server that you connect to over a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) address n

On a web server that you connect to over HTTP (http://) n

On a secure web server that you connect to over SSL (https://)

Why the Master Roaming User Profiles should be in shared directories

Nuance recommends placing the master Roaming User Profiles in a shared directory to make certain administrative tasks more efficient. These tasks include: n

Scheduling an Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer task that optimizes multiple

User Profiles n

Upgrading multiple User Profiles to a new major release of Dragon n

Keeping track of how many User Profiles have been created, which helps with licensing compliance (note that Dragon is licensed per end-user, not per workstation)

It is possible, though not recommended, to place Roaming User Profiles in a non-shared, end-user-specific location such as the end-user’s home drive, provided every end-user’s home drive is mapped to the same drive letter (this is because the Roaming User Profile location is an administrative setting that is per-workstation, not per-user).

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Using multiple Roaming User Profile locations

If you have a large number of Roaming User Profiles, you may want to divide them among multiple shared directories. This facilitates performing tasks such as scheduling the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on a subset of User Profiles. You can choose how to divide your User Profiles, for example: n

By department n

By alphabetical groupings (for example A through H, I through M, N through R, and S through Z)

On each PC, you can configure any number of Roaming User Profile locations. Make sure you give each Roaming User Profile location a display name that makes it clear to your endusers which location to choose from.

Controlling access to User Profiles

If you have multiple Dragon end-users on an end-user workstation, those end-users will have multiple User Profiles to choose from in Dragon's Open User Profile dialog box.

If you use a shared directory for User Profiles, whether they are roaming or non-roaming, you may be concerned about the ability of an end-user to see and/or open another enduser’s profile as well as their ability to open the correct profile. There are several ways to address this concern: n

Many of Nuance’s customers address this concern simply through end-user training.

Each end-user should be aware that if they open another end-user’s profile and try to use it, their accuracy will be poor and end-user-specific customizations will not be available. Therefore, each end-user has an incentive to use only their own profile.

However, this fact does not prevent a malicious end-user from damaging another end-user’s profile. n

If end-users always log into Windows with a unique Windows user ID, you can use

Windows file permissions to control access to the profiles. Typically, you do this by granting Full Control or Read/Write/Modify access to the shared directory, but do not allow this permission to propagate to sub-directories. That way, each end-user becomes the creator owner of any Dragon User Profile that he or she creates. Endusers can still see all of the Dragon User Profiles in the Open User Profile dialog box, but if they try to select another end-user’s profile, a message will appear saying that they do not have permission to access that profile. Apply similar file permissions to the local copy of each Roaming User Profile; the default location for local copies is under

C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\RoamingUsers

for Windows

7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2008. n

If end-users log in using a shared Windows user ID, the best way to control access is through HTTP Roaming. In this configuration, you set up a web server running either

IIS or Apache and with the WebDAV file system enabled. On each workstation, you specify a URL on the web server as the Roaming User Profile location. When an enduser launches Dragon, before displaying the Open User Profile dialog it prompts for a user name and password, which it uses to authenticate against the web server.

You can use file permissions on the web server to specify which User Profiles are accessible to each account on the web server. File security is a function of the web server and the WebDAV software.

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Making it easier for end-users to select their User Profiles

As described above, the Dragon Open User Profile dialog shows a list of all of the User

Profiles in a shared directory (unless you are using HTTP Roaming to limit access to User

Profiles). If there are more User Profiles than will fit on one screen, you can train end-users to go directly to a specific User Profile by typing the first few letters of its name.

It is possible to create an icon in the Start Menu and/or the Windows desktop that opens a specific User Profile. This can be helpful if there are only a few end-users of Dragon who share a particular workstation. Make a copy of the Dragon icon for each end-user, and place the parameter /user ″user name″ on the natspeak.exe command line.

In Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you can display and view groups of User Profiles in a tree-style structure. See "Open User Profiles dialog box optimized for Roaming" in Dragon - What's

New for administrators for more information.

Backing up your Master Roaming User Profiles

Dragon does not backup local Roaming User Profiles on the end-user workstations and does not backup the Master Roaming User Profiles on the location where they are stored on your network.

It is the responsibility of your local system administrator to back up the Master Roaming User

Profiles.

Notes: For use of WebDAV n

After you install Internet Information Services and WebDAV, you need to use the

Internet Information Services Manager tool to set the “Allow Unknown MIME Types”,

“Allow Custom Properties”, and “Allow Property Queries with Infinite Depth” settings to true. For example, in IIS 7:

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For more information, see Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV for HTTP Roaming .

n

If you connected to your Roaming User Profile Master Directory over HTTP and you find that the Open User Profile dialog box does not display all the vocabularies and acoustic models for your User Profiles, make sure that you: l

Check that no files in your User Profile directory are locked, password protected, or otherwise access-restricted by your server permissions.

Setting up the Roaming feature

When setting up the Roaming feature, note the following: n

Creating a network storage location for the Master Roaming User Profiles

n

Where to install and configure Dragon

n

Storage space required for the Master and Local Roaming User Profiles

n

Synchronizing Master and Local Roaming User Profiles

n

Estimating Network traffic caused by synchronization

Note: To enable the Roaming feature and set the Roaming User Profile options, you must log into an account with Windows Administrator privileges.

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Creating a network storage location for the Master

Roaming User Profiles

For any installation of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, you must first determine where on the network the Master Roaming User Profiles should be located.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional lets you store your Master Roaming User Profiles on: n

Any networked computer.

You are not strictly required to store Master Roaming User Profiles on a server. Any shared location accessible to other computers on the network is a perfectly acceptable place to store Master Roaming User Profiles.

n

A Windows file server n

A web server (HTTP) n

A secure web server running SSL (HTTPS)

Note: The location(s) you pick must be accessible to all computers where users will dictate with a Roaming User Profile. Each location must have adequate storage space for Roaming

User Profiles. For more information, see Storage space required for User Profiles

.

What to consider for the Master Roaming User Profile location

To set up a location for the Master Roaming User Profiles, you should first determine: n

The kind of network file server on which you want to store your Master Roaming User

Profiles. Make sure it has enough storage space. Each location you pick must be accessible to all computers where your users will dictate with Roaming User Profiles.

You can create multiple network storage locations.

n

How the computers from where your users will dictate will connect to that network location; for example using a mapped drive, UNC connection, or an HTTP or HTTPS connection.

Using a networked computer or Windows file server

If you choose to use a networked computer or Windows server, you should determine the path to where the Master Roaming User Profiles will reside. You can create multiple network storage locations.

The Roaming feature supports the following types of locations for your Master Roaming User

Profiles: n

Mapped Drives—Connects to a shared network folder that has a drive letter assigned to it.

n

UNC Paths—Connects to a shared network folder using the Universal Naming

Convention (UNC) to locate a User Profile. Format is:

\\<servername>\<sharename>\<path>\<filename>.

What you'll need to know to configure your local Roaming User Profiles

After you have chosen the type of computer to store the Master Roaming User Profiles, you should determine the following information so that you configure your local copies of Dragon

NaturallySpeaking Professional to connect to a mapped or shared drive:

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Mapped Drives

UNC paths

Using a HTTP or HTTPS web server

If you choose to use a HTTP or HTTPS web server, the Roaming feature supports the following types of locations for your Master Roaming User Profiles n

HTTP (http:)—Connects to computer on the internet or your local intranet. Format is:

http://<myserver.com>/<webdav> n

HTTP with SSL (https:)—Connects to computer on the internet or your local intranet with SSL. Format is: https://<myserver.com>/<webdav>

Supported web servers

If you want to store your Master Roaming User Profiles on a web server, Internet access to

Master Roaming User Profiles is supported on two web servers: n

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 and 7.5. For this type of server: l

Be sure that the server has Web-based Distributed Authoring and

Versioning (WebDAV) software is turned on to publish content to an

Internet Information Services (IIS) web server.

If you have not already installed the WebDAV component, use the

Add or Remove Programs in your Control Panel and run the

Windows Components Wizard. WebDav is listed under Application

Server>Internet Information Services>World Wide Web

Service>WebDAV Publishing. n

Apache HTTP Server 2.0.54 and higher. For this type of server: l

Internet Roaming User—Redirects must be turned on when using

Digest authentication.

l

Be sure that the server has Web-based Distributed Authoring and

Versioning (WebDAV) software turned on. The WebDAV Apache module is available free of charge at http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/

.

What you'll need to know to configure your local Roaming User Profiles

After you have chosen the type of computer to store the Master Roaming User Profiles, you should determine the following information so that you configure your local copies of Dragon

NaturallySpeaking Professional to connect to the HTTP server: n

The network location: You need to know the URL address of your

HTTP server. For more information, see XXXXX.

n

HTTP settings: For your http (or https) connection you need to know authentication, firewall, and proxy server information. For more information, see HTTP Settings .





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125 n

For more information, see Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV for

HTTP Roaming .

n


Add all file extensions within your Master Roaming User Profile directories and sub-directories to the Registered MIME types list of your IIS server. You could also add a wildcard ( .*) MIME-type.

For more information on adding a wildcard ( .*) MIME-type, see:

For Windows Server 2008: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725608(WS.10).aspx

l


Where to install and configure Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking where you plan to dictate using the Roaming feature

Dragon NaturallySpeaking must be installed each computer where you plan to have users dictating with Roaming User Profiles.


Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the same computer as your Master Roaming User Profiles

Nuance recommends that you install Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the same computer where the Master Roaming User Profiles for your network are located.

As the system administrator, you are responsible for running the Acoustic and Language

Model Optimizer on the network location of the Master Roaming User Profiles. The

Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer and the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer Scheduler can only be run on the Master Roaming User Profiles.

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer updates the Master Roaming User

Profiles with the accumulated acoustic data from any corrections and additional training done by the users at the computers where they dictate. Running the Acoustic and Language

Model Optimizer will increase your overall accuracy. Any optimizations done by the

Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer are copied to each Local Roaming User

Profile when synchronization occurs.

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer over the network can result in a large amount of data being transferred between the server and the workstation running the optimizer.

For more information, see Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer for

Roaming User Profiles .

If you are using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, see Using multiple acoustic models with a User

Profile

for information on using the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer with a User

Profile that has two acoustic models.

Notes: n

You must have Windows Administrator privileges on the computer where you are running the Scheduler for the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer.

n

Do not enable the Roaming feature on the administrator computer where you plan to run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer. n

When the Roaming feature is enabled on a computer where someone dictates, that computer is blocked from locally running the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer or the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer Scheduler on the local copy of the Roaming User Profiles.

For more information on installing or upgrading Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional

For more information on installing or upgrading Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the computers in your network, see: n

Upgrading Roaming User Profiles: Overview for information how to upgrade

Roaming User Profiles to Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

n

The Installation Guide that came with your copy of Dragon for information on installing

Dragon on a single computer.

n

The Dragon Administrator Guide for information on how to use MSI to install or upgrade Dragon on multiple computers.

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Storage space required for the Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles

Adequate storage space must be available for User Profiles that store information about each particular user’s speech patterns.

You need to plan for storage space on: n

Each computer where you plan to have users dictating with a Roaming User Profile.

n

The network accessible central computer or computers where Master Roaming User

Profiles are stored.

These are guidelines only and not definitive specifications—actual size will vary from site to site.

For each Master Roaming User Profile on the network

For each Master Roaming User Profile (User Profiles stored on the central network location), you should plan on: n

90 MB for each set of Roaming User Profiles, this includes: l

21 MB for each additional vocabulary you add for this user profile l

68 MB for each additional dictation source you add for this user profile n

1000 MB for acoustic optimizer data associated with each dictation source of each

User Profile

For each computer where Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional is installed

You must install 1 copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking on each computer where your users will be dictating with the Roaming feature. Multiple users can use a single Dragon installation.

Each installation of Dragon NaturallySpeaking takes a minimum of 1.8 GB of free hard disk space for a custom Installation where you install only the program files and 1 set of User

Profiles. Installations can range from 800 MB (US English Home Edition) to 5 GB (Dragon

NaturallySpeaking), depending on which languages and vocabularies you install. See

Dragon system requirements for information on disk space requirements for Dragon

NaturallySpeaking.

For each Local Roaming User Profile on the client PC

On each installation of Dragon where your users plan to dictate using the Roaming feature,

each Local Roaming User Profile (the User Profiles stored on the local computer running

Dragon NaturallySpeaking, require the following: n

90 MB for each set of Roaming User Profiles. This includes: l

21 MB for each additional vocabulary you add for this user profile l

68 MB for each additional dictation source you add for this user profile n

10 MB per topic for language model optimizer data in the topic container data n

240 MB for acoustic optimizer data associated with each dictation source of each User

Profile

How much acoustic optimizer data is retained locally is controlled by settings on the Data tab of the Options dialog box:

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1. To set the number of minutes of audio to retain locally, click the Archive size... button and position the slider.

2. To turn off retaining this data locally, check the Conserve disk space required by user

profile (for portability) option.

A non-Roaming User Profile requires approximately three times as much disk space as a local Roaming User Profile. Dragonperiodically creates a backup copy of a non-Roaming

User Profile and stores the copy on the local computer. On the other hand, a Roaming User

Profile is stored in a network storage location and Dragon does not create a backup copy of a Roaming User Profile.

An administrator should create backup copies of all Roaming User Profiles on a regular basis.

How Dragon Synchronizes Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles

When an end-user that uses a Roaming User Profile exits Dragon, switches User Profiles, closes a User Profile, or saves a User Profile, Dragon saves changes to the Local Roaming

User Profile and then synchronizes these changes with the Master Roaming User Profiles on the network.

In a networked situation, this occurs at the time one of these operations is performed.

When an end-user dictates using a computer not currently connected to a network, all changes are saved to the Local Roaming User Profile; synchronization occurs when the end-user reattaches the computer to the network containing the Master Roaming User

Profile and opens that User Profile again.

For more information on what options affect what data gets synchronized between the

Master and Local Roaming User Profile, see Setting/selecting Roaming User Profile options.

Note: During synchronization, changes to the Master Roaming User Profile overwrite any changes made to a Local Roaming User Profile that an end-user has been using for dictating and correcting dictation while not on the network.

What happens during synchronization

The following changes take place when Local and Master Roaming User Profiles are synchronized: n

Combines words added to the Local Roaming User Profile during a dictation session with the Master Roaming User Profile vocabulary, n

Removes words deleted from the Local Roaming User Profile from the Master

Roaming User Profile vocabulary.

n

Copies acoustic data (from files with a .DRA or .NWV extension) from the Local

Roaming User Profile and adds them to the Master Roaming User Profile where the data become available to the Acoustic Optimizer (Note that .DRA files saved voluntarily by the end-user along with a document do not get added to the Master

Roaming User Profile. The.DRA files created automatically by Dragon for use by the optimizer are the only ones that get added to the Master Roaming User Profile). For

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more information on running the Acoustic Optimizer, see Running the Acoustic and

Language Model Optimizer for Roaming User Profiles

.

n

Copies any custom commands created or modified locally (using the MyCommands editor) to the Master Roaming User Profile.

n

Saves any local end-user options that you changed on the Options or Formatting dialog box to the Master Roaming User Profile, except the options listed below.

What changes don't get synchronized

The following options are not synchronized with the Master Roaming User Profile; they remain exclusively on the local computer with the Local Roaming User Profile:

Locally set options on the Options dialog: n

On the Data tab: l

Conserve disk space required by user profile option l

Create usability log option in the Advanced dialog box l

Incremental adaptation in general training option n

On the Miscellaneous tab: l

Voice enable menus and dialog controls option l

Launch Dragon in QuickStart mode when Windows starts option n

On other tabs of Options dialog box: l

All the options on the Playback/Text-to-speech tab l

All the options on the Hot keys tab n

Settings in the Auto-Formatting dialog box: l

The UK and Canadian postcodes option

What files are synchronized

The following table explains how and when individual files are copied or updated to the master Roaming User Profile or to the local cache when the Master and Local Roaming User

Profiles are synchronized.

For more information on what options affect what data gets synchronized between the Master

and Local Roaming User Profile, see Setting/selecting Roaming User Profile options.

These options can affect how much data is transferred across your network when the Master

and Local Roaming User Profiles are synchronized. For more information, see Estimating

Network traffic caused by synchronization

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File name or type

Acoustic files:*.usr and *.sig

Vocabulary files:*.voc

Acoustic archive created for each dictation session: acarchive.nwv

(encryption disabled), acarchive.enwv

(encryption enabled)

Audio.ini

Copied or updated with the master

Roaming User Profile

At save time if the

Always copy acoustic information to

network option in the

Administrative settings is

on. See Acoustic files for

more details.

Copied only after the acoustic files for the User

Profile have been modified with information from Learn from

specific documents,

Learn from sent e-

mails, Import a list of

words or phrases, and similar procedures.

Copied to session folder if it exists; once master voice_container limit is reached, nothing more is copied. The local copy is deleted and a zero-length file is created.

Backups

DRA files, aco.ini;

Copied or updated to local cache

Copied if version number on server is different

Copied if version number on server is different

Never

Copied to master after running the Check

Microphone wizard or at

User Profile close if not copied successfully after running the

Check Microphone wizard

Copied if version number on server is different; also copied right before Check Microphone wizard is run

Never - Dragon does not backup local Roaming

User Profiles on the enduser workstations and does not backup the

Master Roaming User

Profiles on the location where they are stored on your network.

See Backups

for more details.

Never

Copied to session folder if Never

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File name or type drafiles.ini

Copied or updated with the master

Roaming User Profile the master voice_ container has space. Files are deleted after being copied; aco.ini and drafiles.ini are recreated at zero-length

Copied when User Profiles are saved, or a User

Profile is closed and saved.

Copied or updated to local cache

Custom commands created on client

PC:Mycmds.dat

Options.ini, soptions.ini, itnoptions.ini

History of changes to the vocabulary: vocdelta.voc

Copied at User Profile close, options dialog close when the timestamp on the local file has changed.

Merged to master copy on

User Profile save and open.

When vocabularies are copied up, vocdelta.voc is reset to zero in the master copy for that topic.

Never (machine dependent)

Copied at User Profile open if version number on server is different

Copied on User Profile open, options dialog open if version number is different on the server

Copied to local cache on User Profile open and merged into the voc if version number is different on the server nsuser.ini, local.ini, nssystem.ini, natspeak.ini

Never

Acoustic files

If the setting is off (the default), after the acoustic optimizer runs on the master Roaming User

Profile, the server incorporates the changes

In Dragon NaturallySpeaking , an end-user can set the Save Acoustic information option to control if Dragon saves the .usr and .sig files on each computer they dictate on. See

"Controlling updates to the acoustic components of a User Profile" in Dragon What's New for administrators for more information.

Backups

It is the responsibility of your local administrator to back up the Master Roaming User Profiles.

However, Dragon does automatically back up local non-Roaming User Profiles on the enduser workstations as specified in the Miscellaneous tab of the Administrative Settings dialog box.

Estimating Network traffic caused by synchronization

The following table explains how and when individual files are copied or updated to the master Roaming User Profile or to the local cache when the Master and Local Roaming User

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Profiles are synchronized and how much data is transferred in the process.

In addition, this table which option controls whether the data is transferred. For more information on what options affect what data gets synchronized between the Master and

Local Roaming User Profile, see Setting/selecting Roaming User Profile options.

The estimates of the data transferred across the network is for a single Roaming User

Profile.

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Files copied to the Master


Acoustic files:

*.user and *.sig

User Action:

Dictation, Audio

Setup

Transfer time:

When the User

Profile is saved

Vocabulary files:

*.voc

User Action:

Dictation, Learn from specific documents, Learn from sent e-mails,

Vocabulary

Optimizer.

Transfer time:

Copied only after the vocabulary files for the end-user have been modified with information from

Learn from specific

documents,

Learn from sent

e-mails, and the

Vocabulary

Optimizer. Copied only after saving or closing a User

Profile.

Acoustic archive created for each dictation

session: acarchive.nwv, acarchive.enwv

User Action:

Dictation,

Transfer Direction &

Data Amount

Files copied to the

Local Roaming

User Profile

Administrative Setting to enable for Transfer

68 MB

<---->

21 MB

<---->

Transfer

time:

Copied if server version is different from client version

Transfer

time:

Copied if server version is different from client version n

Always copy acoustic information to network n

Save Acoustic information

Access network at user profile open/close only

240 MB

<------

Transfer

time:

Never.

The local copy is deleted and a zero-

Access network at user profile open/close only

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Correction

Transfer time:

Copied to session folder if it exists.

Once master voice_container limit is reached, nothing more is copied. Copy only happens after saving or closing a

User Profile.

DRA files created during

dictation: DRA files, aco.ini, drafiles.ini

User Action:

Dictation,

Correction

Transfer time:

Copied to session folder if the master voice_container has space.

Custom commands created on client

PC: Mycmds.dat

User Action:

Changes to some

Options on the local PC

Transfer time:

Copied when a

User Profile is closed or saved.


Data Amount


Local Roaming

User Profile

Administrative Setting to enable for Transfer length file is created after files are copied to the server.

MB/minute

<------

66 K

1.3

<---->

Transfer

time:

Never.

Files are deleted after being copied; aco.ini and drafiles.ini are recreated at zerolength

Transfer

time:

Copied when a

User

Profile opens on the local

PC and the version number on the server is different from the version

Conserve archive size on network

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.INI file changes

on client PC: options.ini, soptions.ini, itnoptions.ini

User Action:

Changes to some

Options on the local PC

Transfer time:

Copied at User

Profile close,

Options dialog close when the timestamp on the local file has changed

History of changes to the

vocabulary: vocdelta.voc

User Action:

Adding words, changing word properties

Transfer time:

Merged to master copy when a User

Profile is saved or opened. When vocabularies are copied, vocdelta.voc is reset to zero in the master copy for that vocabulary

Log file:

Dragon.log




Data Amount


Local Roaming

User Profile


< 1 k

<---->

500 KB max. (12 bytes/word)

<----> number on the server

Transfer

time:

Copied to local cache on when a

User

Profile opens and merged into the voc if the version number is different on the server

Transfer

time:

Copied when a

User

Profile opens or the

Options dialog opens if the server version is different from the client version

Merge contents of vocdelta.voc into network user profile when file is full

< 1 MB

<------

Transfer

time:

Never

Copy Dragon log to network

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Data Amount


Local Roaming

User Profile


User Action: Any use of Dragon

Transfer time:

Copied if the

Administrative option is set.

Enabling the Roaming feature on each computer where an end-user will dictate

After you have set up the network location for the Master Roaming User Profiles and installed or upgrading Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the computers in your network, you must enable the Roaming feature on each computer where the end-user will dictate using a

Roaming User Profile.

Step 1: Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking

You must start Dragon NaturallySpeaking to enable the Roaming feature.

Step 2: If already Dragon is running, select Administrative Settings

If Dragon is already running, on the DragonBar, select Tools > Administrative Settings and click Proceed. This action closes all open User Profiles and displays the Administrative

Settings dialog box.

Step 3: Turn on the Roaming feature

After closing any open User Profiles:

1. If Dragon is running, from the DragonBar menu, select Tools > Administrative Set-

tings. This action displays the Administrative Settings dialog box .

Note: You do not have to be running Dragon to act as an administrator of the product. Instead of opening the

Administrative Settings dialog box from the DragonBar menus, you can open the dialog box from the command line by selecting Start > Run, then entering the following command in the Open text box (include a space between natspeak.exe and the

/SetAdministrativeOptions option that follows it):

“C:\Program

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Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\Program\natspeak.exe”/SetAdministrativeOptions

2. On the Roaming tab, check Enable.

3. Click Apply to save the changes and keep the dialog box open.

Note: With the Roaming feature enabled, the Open User Profile dialog box later displays only User Profiles in the Roaming User Profile storage locations. To let the end-users open both local (non-roaming) and Roaming User Profiles, check the Allow non-roaming user

profiles to be opened option in the Administrative Settings dialog box. Clearing this option prevents end-users from dictating with a non-roaming (local) User Profile by mistake.

Step 4: Set the location of Master Roaming User Profiles

On each computer where you plan to have end-users dictating as Roaming users, you must tell that installation of Dragon where the Master Roaming User Profiles are located.

After selecting Enable on the Roaming tab:

1. Click the Add button. The Roaming User Network Location dialog box

displays. You use the Roaming User Network Location dialog box to define the network location of the master Roaming User Profiles. The location you pick must be accessible to all computers on the network that you want available for dictation with Dragon.

2. Set the Display Name to the way the name of the directory should display in other dialog boxes. The display name later appears in the Roaming tab of the

Administrative Settings dialog and the Location of user profile text box of both the Open User Profile and the Manage User Profiles dialog boxes.

3. Set the Network Location. See the types of locations that the Roaming feature supports

in Creating a network storage location for Master Roaming User Profiles .

4. If you are using a web server to store Master Roaming User Profiles, click the

HTTP Settings and SSL Settings (if you are using HTTPS) button to set information about your HTTP and HTTPS connection and proceed with HTTP Settings and SSL Settings for further information. After entering the HTTP and SSL Settings, use the Test

Connection button to make sure your settings are correct. For help troubleshooting a

problem with the connection, see Testing and troubleshooting an HTTP connection .

5. Click OK in the Roaming User Network Location dialog box.

For more information on setting the location of the master Roaming User Profiles, see

Roaming User Network Location .

Note: You cannot create a non-Roaming User Profile on an HTTP connection.

You can only create Roaming User Profiles on an HTTP connection when the

Roaming feature is enabled.

Step 5: Set location of Local Roaming User Profiles

When an end-user opens a Master Roaming User Profile, Dragon transfers a copy of that

User Profile to the local computer. That local copy is called the Local Roaming User Profile.

This is the location on the computer where changes made during a dictation session, such as corrections or new acoustic data, are stored before they are synchronized with the master


You can set this location, called <Roaming Local>, from the Administrative Settings dialog box . Nuance recommends leaving this option at the default setting.

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Note: the location of <Roaming Local> is per-PC and cannot be changed to an end-userspecific location.

<Roaming Local>

To accept the default <Roaming Local> location (which Nuance recommends), click OK

on the Administrative Settings dialog box . You will be prompted to create the default

directory if it does not already exist. When you see the following message, click Yes.

The default location of <Roaming Local> is: n Windows 7, and Windows 8:

C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\RoamingUsers\<display name>\

See Dragon file structure for information about the default location of the RoamingUsers directory for Dragon NaturallySpeaking on other Windows operating systems.

The <display name> is the name you defined for the Master Roaming User Profile location.

You can have multiple network storage locations for your Master Roaming User Profiles and each has its own corresponding directory for Local Roaming User Profiles.

Changing the default location for <Roaming Local>

1. Use the Browse for Folder dialog box to open a location where you want to store the local Roaming User Profile. This is the location on the computer where changes made during a dictation session, such as corrections or new acoustic data are stored before they are synchronized with the master Roaming User Profile.

2. If the directory does not currently exist, click Make New Folder and type a name for the new folder. The new directory can have any name, but calling it something meaningful, such as Local Roaming User Profiles, will make the folder easier to find in the future.

3. Click OK.

Step 6: Set Roaming feature options

The Administrative Settings dialog box also contains several options that affect how the

Roaming feature works. You select the options that indicate how you want a Roaming User

Profile to function at each Roaming User Profile location. For a list of the options to choose

from, refer to Selecting Roaming User Profile options

.

Notes: n

Once you set up an installation of Dragon to use the Roaming feature, end-users on that computer can only open Roaming User Profiles; they cannot open any locally created User Profiles unless you choose the "Allow non-roaming user profiles to

be opened" option. For a list of the options to choose from, refer to Selecting

Roaming User Profile options .

n

If an end-user is dictating with a Roaming User Profile, the Acoustic and Language

Model Optimizer Scheduler is disabled on the local end-user's computer. You must run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on the computer where your

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Master Roaming User Profiles are located or on an administrator’s workstation. For

more information, see Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer with a


Client Administrative Settings: Roaming tab

You use the Roaming tab of the Administrative Settings dialog box to set up the Roaming feature. You must set up the Roaming feature on each computer where you want end-users to dictate with a Roaming User Profile.

When Roaming is enabled in Administrative Settings by default the Open User Profiles dialog box displays large numbers of User Profiles quickly. They can also be organized into subfolders. See "Creating subfolders for Roaming User Profiles" in the Dragon Help for more information.

Enable

Select Enable to activate the Roaming feature and the Roaming User Profile options.

Network Directories

To set the location of the master Roaming User Profile(s):

1. Click the Add button. You use the Roaming User Network Location dialog box to define the network location of the master Roaming User Profiles. The location you pick must be accessible to all computers on the network that you want available for dictation with Dragon.

2. Set the Display Name and the Address under Network Location. The Roaming feature supports the following types of locations: n

Mapped Drive—the format is: <drive letter>:\<folder name>. For example,

y:\roaming. n

UNC Path—the format is: \\servername\sharename\path\filename.

n

HTTP (http:)—the format is: http://myserver.com/<name_of_ virtualdirectory> where <name_of_virtualdirectory> is the name of the virtual directory set up by an administrator during setup of the IIS or

Apache web site. For HTTP locations, click the HTTP Settings button to set information specific to your HTTP connection. You can also test your connection to the HTTP server from the HTTP Settings dialog box.

n

HTTP with SSL (https:)—the format is: https://myserver.com/<name_of_ virtualdirectory> where <name_of_virtualdirectory> is the name of the virtual directory set up by an administrator during setup of the IIS or

Apache web site. For HTTP with SSL locations, click the SSL Settings button to set information specific to your HTTP with SSL connection. You can also test your connection to the HTTP with SSL server from the SSL

Settings dialog box.

Local directory (for cache)

When an end-user opens a Master Roaming User Profile, Dragon transfers a copy of that

User Profile to the local computer. The local copy is called the Local Roaming User Profile.

You can change the setting of this location, always called <Roaming Local>.

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The default location of <Roaming Local> is:

C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\RoamingUsers\<display name>\<username>

See Dragon file structure for information about the default location of the RoamingUsers directory for Dragon NaturallySpeaking on other Windows operating systems.

The <display name> is a name you assigned as a Master Roaming User Profiles location.

You can have multiple network storage locations for your Master Roaming User Profiles.

The <username> is the name of an individual Master Roaming User Profile. There is a separate directory for each User Profile.

Click the Browse button to find or create a new location.

Check Boxes for Roaming User options

The check boxes and other components below the Local directory are the Roaming User

options. You can also configure the Open User Profiles dialog box to display the Classic

Open User Profiles dialog if desired. See Selecting Roaming User Profile options

for details.

Restore Defaults

Returns the Administrative Settings dialog box to the state it had when you first installed

Dragon. Note that the default is to have the Roaming feature turned off.





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HTTP Roaming .

n

If you connected to your Roaming User Profile Master Directory over HTTP and you find that not all your User Profiles are listed in the Open User Profile dialog box, or after creating a Roaming User Profile you cannot open it again, or the Open User

Profile dialog box does not display all the vocabularies and acoustic models for your

User Profiles, make sure that you: l


Client Administrative Settings: Roaming User Network

Location

You use the Roaming User Network Location dialog box to define the network location of the master Roaming User Profiles.

The location you pick must be accessible to all computers where end-users will dictate using a


Display Name

Sets the directory name displayed in the following locations:


The Roaming tab of the Administrative Settings dialog box n

The Location of user profile drop-down list in the Open User Profile dialog box.

Note: With the Roaming feature enabled, the Open User Profile dialog box displays only User Profiles in the Roaming User Profile locations. To let the end-users open both local (non-roaming) and Roaming User Profiles, select the Allow non-roaming

user profiles to be opened option on the Administrative Settings dialog box.

Clearing this option prevents end-users from dictating with a non-roaming (local)

User Profile by accident. For more information, see Enabling the Roaming feature on each computer where an end-user will dictate

.

n

The Location of user profile drop-down list in the Manage User Profiles dialog box.

Network Location—Address

On each computer where you plan to have users dictating as Roaming users, you must tell that installation of Dragon where the Master Roaming User Profiles are located.

The Roaming feature supports the following types of locations:

Mapped Drives and UNC Paths

Mapped drives connect to a shared network folder that has a drive letter assigned to it.

UNC paths connect to a shared network folder using the Universal Naming Convention

(UNC) to locate a User Profile. The UNC is a way to identify a shared file on a computer or network without having to know the storage device it is on. The UNC path format is:

\\servername\sharename\path\filename.

To use a mapped drive or UNC path:

1. Under Network Location, enter the address of the mapped drive or UNC path.

You can click Browse to browse for the location of the mapped drive or UNC path. This displays the Browse for Folder dialog box. You can also create a new directory on the mapped drive or UNC path by clicking the Make New Folder button.

2. Click OK when you are done.

Intranet/Internet connections

The Intranet/Internet connection supports both HTTP and HTTP over an encrypted Secure

Sockets Layer (SSL).

To use an Intranet/Internet connection:

1. Under Network Location, enter the URL address of your HTTP or HTTPS server where your master Roaming User Profiles are located.

2. Click n

HTTP Settings...to display the HTTP Settings dialog box, where you can set information specific to your HTTP connection like Authentication,

Firewall, and Proxy Server information. You can also test your connection to the HTTP server from this dialog box. For more information, see HTTP Settings .

n

SSL Settings...to display the SSL Settings dialog box, where you can set information specific to your HTTPS (SSL) connection. You can also

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Note: You cannot create a non-Roaming User Profile on an HTTP or HTTPS connection.

You can create only Roaming User Profiles on an HTTP or HTTPS connection and only when the Roaming feature is enabled.

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting Roaming User settings and Data settings

Merge contents of vocdelta.voc into network user profile when file is full

Description here.

Prompt before saving to network location

Description here.

Allow disconnected mode

For Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional users that work off the network. Permits users to log on to a Dragon client when the workstation is not connected to the network, such as when the user is working off-site on a laptop, the network is down, or for some reason the roaming user profiles directory (where the Roaming User Profiles are stored) is unavailable.

If your users never dictate on a laptop, you might want to set this option temporarily before you convert local User Profiles to Roaming User Profiles on the network, and then clear it when you are finished.

If you choose to allow users to dictate in Disconnected mode, do not enable the Remove

local cache data after usage option in the Data settings for the site. If you enable both settings, when the user logs out after dictating in Disconnected mode, the results of the user's dictation end up being deleted from the local cache and all the work lost.

Saving user profiles upon automatic logout

By default the Organization level setting applies.

Select this option to automatically save user profile updates to the master user profile when a user logs out of the system.

Saving the user also saves local acoustics

Select this box to have the client send both the acoustic model updates and the language model updates to the server.

If you do not select this option, the clients sends only the language model updates (changes to words and writing styles related changes) back to the server, not the acoustic model updates (changes based on the user's correction of recognized text).

Access network at user open/close only (Minimizes network traffic)

Integrates changes made in the local user cache profile into the Roaming User Profile only when a user logs out and not while the user is dictating. If you do not select this box, then local changes to user configurable options are immediately transferred to the Roaming User

Profile.

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Ask before breaking lock on network users

Recommended for UNC and mapped drives. Select to keep the option of maintaining or breaking a network lock when opening a Roaming User Profile. Normally, network locks prevent a user from opening a Roaming User Profile at the same time that another user is opening the profile. While this process does not take a long time, network problems can cause a lock to become "stuck" and not release when the opening process is completed.

When this happens, the next time a user tries to open their profile, the Dragon client displays a message stating that the profile is locked and offering the option of overriding the lock. If you do not want this message to appear and instead always want to break a network lock in this situation, you can clear this option to prevent the message from appearing. Because the presence of a lock can indicate a problem that needs to be addressed, Nuance recommends that you enable this option.

Notes: n

This option is valid for Dragon clients that connect to the Roaming User Profiles location using a mapped drive or UNC drive, but is not supported for users connecting over HTTP. n

Users should be careful when in breaking a locked Roaming User Profile, because if the user breaks a lock on one workstation when a user on another workstation is writing to the Roaming User Profile, breaking the lock may corrupt the profile.

Set audio levels on each machine

Select this box to run the Check your audio settings option from the Accuracy Center window before your first session with a Roaming User Profile. This includes the Volume

Check and the microphone Quality Check. Check this option if your users are dictating on different machines or on a single machine, like a laptop, in many different locations. When a user changes machines or locations, the audio setup data can vary depending on differences in the microphone and sound card, as well as differences in ambient sound levels of each Roaming User Profile location. In situations where Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Professional detects a significant difference between operating systems, sound cards, microphones, or other hardware, the program will prompt you to run Check your audio

settings even if you do not have this option selected.

Copy Dragon log to network

Select this box to copy the Dragon.log file from the local workstation to the Roaming User

Profile location whenever the program synchronizes the local and roaming user profiles.

Dragon.log contains information that can help diagnose problems that your users might encounter dictating with Dragon clients.

Note: The Dragon.log file will not be copied once the maximum size in the Disk space

reserved for network archive option is reached.

Always copy acoustic information to network

Select to copy the user’s acoustic model to the Roaming User Profile location. The transfer of acoustic information based on this option's setting is not limited by setting the Disk space

reserved for network archive option.

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Suppress warning for using multicore speech profiles on single core machines

Select to suppress the warning that displays if a user profile with a BestMatch-IV or

BestMatch-IV model loads on a single-core computer.

This option is disabled by default.

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site HTTP connection settings for Roaming User Profiles

Caution:

If you have never set up a web server before, do not attempt to do so; these instructions assume you have already installed the web server and have experience setting up a web server.

In the Site tab, under the Dragon Professional tab, you enter information about where you store Roaming User Profiles for a site. If you are storing the profiles on a web server, to set up the HTTP settings:

1. Select the Enable Roaming User Profiles option.

2. Beside the text Roaming user profile directories, click the Configure button. Dragon displays the Roaming User Profile Directory Settings window.

3. Click the HTTP Settings tab.

Enter information about your connection in the text boxes under the sections in the dialog box: l

Authentication on page 145

l

Firewall and Proxy Servers on page 146

l

Miscellaneous on page 146

Authentication

Prompt for user and password

Select if users will be prompted for a username/password when they connect to the HTTP server.

Default user/Password

Set to the default username/password needed to connect to the HTTP server. Be sure to put the domain name followed by a backslash in front of the user login name; for example:

Nuance\JWyman. This is not a local login.

Authentication type

Set the type of authentication used on the HTTP server you specified as the Address in the Roaming user profile location dialog box. Select the type that indicates how your server is configured: n

Basic—Choose if the server is configured for Basic authentication, where the username and password are passed over the network as clear text.

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Digest—Choose if the server is configured for Digest authentication, where the passwords are never transmitted across the Internet in unencrypted form.

Note: For security reasons, be sure that anonymous logins are disabled on the HTTP or

HTTPS server.

Firewall and Proxy Servers

Use proxy server

Select Use proxy server if Dragon workstations are connecting to the httpserver through a proxy server.

Type

Select the type of firewall used on the HTTP server from the drop-down list: n

HTTP —Select for a proxy server that specializes in HTML (web page) transactions. n

Tunnel—Select if client workstations are connecting to the server with tunneling software. n

Socks 4—Select for a SOCKS4 protocol that relays TCP sessions at a firewall host to allow application users transparent access across the firewall.

SOCKS4 does not support authentication, UDP proxy. SOCKS4 clients require full Domain Name Service (DNS). n

Socks 5—Select for a SOCKS 5 protocol that relays TCP sessions at a firewall host to allow Nuance Management Console users transparent access across the firewall. SOCKS 5 supports multiple authentication methods.

SOCKS 5 clients use the SOCKS 5 server to perform the Domain Name

Service (DNS) lookup.

Server

Enter the server name provided by your server administrator.

Port

Enter the port number accessed to connect to the proxy server or firewall.

User

Enter any username needed to log on to the proxy server or firewall.

Password

Enter any password needed to log on to the proxy server or firewall.

Firewall data

Enter any special authentication string provided by your server administrator.

Miscellaneous

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Follow redirects

If you are storing the Roaming User Profiles on a server that redirects incoming connections to another location, you can define how the Dragon client handles these redirects by selecting one of the check boxes. Nuance recommends that you set redirects to either Always or Same Scheme Only, but always follow them.

n

Never—Never follow redirects; ignores them. n

Always—Always follow redirects.

n

Same Scheme Only—Permit only redirects using the same scheme as the client request.

Keep Connection Alive

Selecting this check box tells the client and server to keep the connection alive after the current session ends. If you have Follow Redirects set to Always or Same Scheme

Only, you should not select this check box.

Lock timeout

Set to the number of seconds the server should wait before breaking the lock on any the

Roaming User Profiles for the logged on user. Setting the lock to 0 uses the default setting from the server. Specifying another time overrides the server default.

A network lock prevents a user from using a Roaming User Profile that another user already has in use. While this process does not take a long time, network problems can cause a lock to become stuck and not release when the login process is completed. When this happens, the next time the user tries to log on with that user account, the user sees a message informing him or her of the lock.

Connection timeout

Set to number of seconds before the NMS Server should close the Dragon client connection to the server either when the connection is idle or after the connection has been open for that duration.

Timeout of inactive

Check if the connection timeout in the previous text box applies when the logged in user has been inactive for the specified time period. Leave unchecked if the timeout applies after time elapses, regardless of activity of the logged in user. Leave the option unchecked only with great caution, as it could close the connection while the Dragon client is accessing the Roaming User Profile and corrupt the profile.

Recommended settings for web servers

For selections, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional requires you make while installing a particular type of web server, refer to the instructions for installing that web server in the

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Installation Guide.

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site SSL connection settings for Roaming User Profiles

Caution:

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If you have never set up a secure web server before, do not attempt to do so; these instructions assume you have already installed the secure web server and have experience setting up a secure web server.

Be sure that you install an SSL certificate that is trusted for directory on every workstation.

You push install the SSL certificate as Trusted Root Certificate Authorities.

In the Site tab, under the Dragon Professional tab, you enter information about where you store Roaming User Profiles. If you are storing the user profiles on a secure web server

(HTTPS) to set up the SSL settings:

1. Select the Enable Roaming User Profiles option.

2. Beside the text Roaming user profile directories, click the Configure button. Dragon displays the Roaming User Profile Directory Settings window.

3. Click SSL Settings.

4. In the SSL Settings tab, you define and configure the connection to your secure web

(HTTPS) server. Enter information about your connection in the text boxes under these sections in the dialog box: l

Certificate store on page 149

l

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site SSL connection settings for Roaming User

Profiles on page 147

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Certificate store

In this section, you indicate the type of certificate that provides server identity, certificate, and public key information to clients that try to establish a connection:

Certificate store type

Select the certificate store type used for the client certificate on the local machine: n

User store (default)—Choose if the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. For Java, choose if the certificate store is the name of a JKS (Java

Key Store) file. If the user is OpenSSL, choose if the certificate store is a file that contains the PEM encoded certificate and private key. n

Machine store—Choose if the certificate store is a machine store (not available in

Java or when user is OpenSSL). n

PFX file—Choose if the certificate store is the name of a Private Key Server or

PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates. If the user is OpenSSL, the file may contain only one certificate and private key. n

PFX Blob—Choose if the certificate store is a string (binary or base64 encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format. n

PEM Key—Choose if the certificate store is a string or file name that contains a

Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) encoded certificate and private key. This store type is currently not supported in Java.

Certificate store

Enter the name of the certificate store for the client certificate on the local machine:

The storage location is called the certificate store. A certificate store will often have numerous certificates, possibly issued from a number of a different certification authorities: n

MY—A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. n

CA—A certificate store holding Certifying Authority (CA) certificates. n

ROOT—A certificate store holding ROOT certificates. n

SPC—A certificate store holding Software Publisher Certificate (SPC) certificates.

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Notes: n

If you select PFX file for the Certificate Store Type, for the Certificate Store select Other and enter the name of the file in the associated text box below it. n

If you select PFX Blob for the Certificate Store Type, for the Certificate Store select Other and enter the binary contents of a PFX file (for example, the

PKCS12) in the associated text box below it.

Certificate store password

Enter the password for the Certificate Store on the local machine if one is required.

SSL Protocols

Use general SSL protocols

Use this section to enable/disable the supported security protocols on the HTTPS server. n

TLS1—Version 1 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. n

SSL3—Version 3 of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. n

SSL2—Version 2 of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. n

PCT1—Version 1 of the Private Communications Transport (PCT) protocol.

Notes: n

Although a number of sites still support SSL2, Nuance recommends that you disable it because of potential security vulnerabilities. n

If you select Using OpenSSL, this functionality is provided by the Cipher List.

Use Open SSL

Select Using OpenSSL if the HTTPS server uses OpenSSL as a Certificate Authority.

OpenSSL is a free non-commercial implementation of SSL.

When you select Using OpenSSL, you must provide: n

Cipher List—A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL. The cipher list consists of one or more cipher strings separated by colons. n

Certificate Authority File—Name of the file containing the list of certificate authorities (CAs) trusted by your application. The file set by this property should contain a list of CA certificates in PEM format. n

CA Directory—Path to a directory containing CA certificates. The path set by this property should point to a directory on the server machine containing CA certificates in PEM format.

Recommended settings for SSL web servers

For selections that Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional requires you to make while installing a particular type of secure web server, refer to the instructions for installing that secure web server in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Installation Guide.

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Testing and troubleshooting an HTTP connection

Once you have supplied all the necessary information needed to connect to your HTTP server, press the Test Connection button. The Test Connection button tests the

connection to your HTTP server based on the information you supplied in the Roaming User

Network Location and

HTTP Settings dialog boxes.

Troubleshooting test connections

The table below lists the possible messages you might receive after pressing the Test

Connection button.

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Message

Connection test successful!

Could not connect to the network location.

Could not copy a file to the network location

Could not create a directory on the network location

Could not delete a file from the network location

Could not delete a directory from the network location

Could not copy files into a directory created on the network location

Could not list the contents of a directory created on the network location

Contents of newly created directory

TempDir were incorrect

Could not copy a file from the network

Solution n

None—test successful. n

Check spelling and syntax of the HTTP address in the

HTTP Settings dialog.

n

Check your local network for problems. n

Check create and write privileges on the server n

WebDav Server not installed or active. For more inform-

ation, see Configuring Internet Information Services and

WebDAV for HTTP Roaming

.

n

Check the create directory privileges on the server for the Master Roaming directory. n

Check the privileges for creating sub-directories under the Master Roaming directory. n

Check permissions on the Master Roaming directory.

The end-user must have read, write, and modify privileges n

Check that privileges are inherited in the sub-directories.

n




n


The end-user must have read, write, and modify privileges.

n

Check for authentication time-out on your server.

n

Check your local network for problems. n




n

Caused by an incomplete directory listing. Try again. If the problem persists, check the condition of your network.

n

Check permissions on the Local Master Roaming directory.

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Message location

Solution n

Check that the Local Master Roaming directory exists.

n

MIME types not set to *.* (the file is .txt).

n

Apache: Make sure DavDepthInfinity directive is set to

"on" for Master Roaming directory.

Could not get the size of a newly created directory on the network location.

Could not rename a file on the network location

Could not rename a directory on the network location

Could not copy a directory within the network location n




n




n




Setting and selecting Roaming User Profile options

The Administrative Settings dialog box also contains several options that you can choose from to indicate how you want a Roaming User Profile to function at each Roaming User

Profile location.

These options can affect how much data is transferred across your network when the Master

and Local Roaming User Profiles are synchronized. For more information, see Estimating

Network traffic caused by synchronization

and How Dragon Synchronizes Master and Local

Roaming User Profiles .

Roaming User Profile options on the Administrative Settings dialog box

Display Classic Open User Profiles dialog

Enable this option to display the Classic Open User Profiles dialog box. The setting configures the Open User Profiles dialog box to display only folders that contain actual

Dragon User Profiles in the Location of User Profiles box.

Note:

For faster performance at large sites with Roaming User Profile directories, Nuance recommends using the default appearance for the Open User Profiles dialog box.

Displaying the Classic Open User Profiles dialog box takes longer because Dragon first

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Allow non-Roaming User Profiles to be opened

Select this box to permit the end-user to open non-Roaming (local) User Profiles. Nuance recommends clearing this option to prevent anyone from dictating with a non-Roaming

(local) User Profile by accident.

Merge contents of vocdelta.voc into network user profile when file is full

Select this box to copy the contents of the local vocdelta.voc file to the master Roaming

User Profile without running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer.

If you do not set this option and if you have not run the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer for a long time, the end-user will see a message when the vocdelta.voc file becomes full. If you do not run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer regularly, you should set this option to prevent end-users from seeing this message.

Vocdelta.voc is the file used to store vocabulary changes in the Master Roaming User

Profile. It is updated whenever a Local Roaming User Profile is closed, and it is used to update the Local Roaming User Profile with vocabulary changes every time that a User

Profile is opened. When you run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on the Master

Roaming User Profile, Dragon incorporates the contents of vocdelta.voc into the vocabulary

(.voc) file and clears the content of vocdelta.voc.

If you check this setting, Dragon monitors the size of the vocdelta.voc file. When the

vocdelta.voc file reaches 90% of its maximum size (500 KB), Dragon incorporates the contents of the vocdelta.voc file into the vocabulary (.voc) file and clears vocdelta.voc.

This operation occurs when the end-user opens the local Roaming User Profile. This operation can take a long time because the vocabulary file must be transferred over the network twice. Subsequently, opening the local Roaming User Profile on another workstation can also take a long time because the entire vocabulary file must be copied from the master to the local Roaming User Profile.

Selecting this option will transfer at maximum 500 KB, or 12 bytes/word across the network at synchronization if the Roaming and Local copies are different.

Access network at user profile open/close only

Select this box to synchronize changes made to the local Roaming User Profile to the

Master Roaming User Profile only when a local Roaming User Profile opens or closes. If this box is not selected, then these local changes are immediately transferred to the Master

Roaming User Profile. The only changes affected by this setting are the changes an enduser makes locally from the Options dialog box, therefore this setting is highly unlikely to have a perceptible impact on Dragon’s performance.

At synchronization, setting this option will copy approximately n

21 MB of vocabulary files (*.voc). n

240 MB of acoustic archive files create for each dictation session (acarchive.nwv and acarchive.enwv).

Note: These files are only copied from the Local to the Roaming User Profile; they are never copied from the Roaming User Profile to the local User Profile.

These files synchronize across the network when:

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Vocabulary files - when the local end-user modifies the vocabulary with information from the Learn from specific documents, Learn from sent e-mails, or Vocabulary

Optimizer dialogs or when the Roaming and Local copies are different.

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Acoustic archive files - these files will be copied to session folder if it exists. Once the master voice_container limit is reached, nothing more is copied.

Ask before breaking locks on network user profiles (recommended for UNC and mapped drives)

Select this box to keep the option of maintaining or breaking a network lock when opening a

Roaming User Profile. Normally, network locks prevent anyone from opening a Roaming

User Profile at the same time someone else is opening that User Profile. While this process does not take a long time, network problems can cause a lock to become "stuck" and not release when the opening process is completed. When this happens, the next time anyone tries to open that User Profile, Dragon displays a message stating that the User Profile is locked and giving them the option of overriding it. If you do not want this message displaying and always want to break a network lock in this situation, you can clear this option to prevent the message from appearing. Because the presence of a lock can indicate a problem that needs to be addressed, Nuance recommends that you enable this option.

Notes: n

This option is valid for users connecting to the Master Roaming User Profile location using a mapped drive or UNC drive, but is not supported for users connecting over

HTTP. n

Be careful when in breaking a locked Roaming User Profile. For example, if you break a lock when another end-user is writing to the Master Roaming User Profile, breaking the lock may corrupt the Master Roaming User Profiles.

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If an end-user opens a Roaming User Profile while the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer is running on the Master Roaming User Profile, the end-user will see a message but can continue.

Set audio levels on each machine (recommended)

Select this box to run the Check your microphone option from the Accuracy Center window before your first session with a Roaming User Profile. This includes the Volume

Check and the microphone Quality Check. Check this option if your users are dictating on different computers or on a single computer, like a laptop, in many different locations. When an end-user changes computers or locations, the audio setup data can vary depending on differences in the microphone and sound card, as well as differences in ambient sound levels of each Roaming User Profile location. In situations where Dragon detects a significant difference between operating systems, sound cards, microphones, or other hardware, the program will prompt you to run Check your microphone even if you do not have this option selected.

Save acoustic information

An end-user selects the Save acoustic information option to make sure that their acoustic information is saved along with their local User Profile. By saving the acoustic information, the end-user ensures that any corrections they make will be available after they close and reopen the User Profile. This option also makes sure that these corrections will be synchronized between the Local and Master Roaming User Profile if the end-user also enables the Always

copy acoustic information to network option.

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The Save acoustic information option is turned on by default

Prompt before saving to network location

An administrator can set the Prompt before saving to network location option to let endusers choose where to save their User Profile. When an administrator enables this option, and an end-user attempts to close Dragon or turn off or log off the operating system, a dialog box appears that lets the end-user choose to save their profile locally or to the master network location. An end-user can save their profile locally if they are on a slow network. An end-user can save their profile to the master location to ensure any updates to their profile are available at other network locations.

Copy Dragon Log to Network

Select this box to copy the Dragon.log file from the local workstation to the master Roaming

User Profile location whenever the program synchronizes the local and master Roaming

User Profile. Dragon.log contains information that can help to diagnose problems that your users might encounter using Dragon.

Note: The Dragon.log file will not be copied once the maximum size is reached in the Disk

space reserved for network archive option.

Selecting this option can increase how long it takes to close a Roaming User Profile. It can also limit the usefulness of the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer because it reduces the amount of acoustic data that can be stored in the network archive. Nuance recommends that you not set this option unless requested by Nuance Technical Support.

Selecting this option will transfer 1 MB or less of data across the network at synchronization.

These files are only copied from the Local Roaming User Profile to the Master Roaming

User Profile; they are never copied from the Master Roaming User Profile to the Local


Always copy acoustic information to network

Select this box to copy the User Profile’s acoustic model (.usr and .sig files) to the Master

Roaming User Profile location.

If you chose not to copy the User Profile’s acoustic information to the network, updates to the acoustic model that you make on one computer (for example by correcting and training words) will not be available on other computers used by that particular Roaming User Profile until you run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on the Master Roaming User

Profile location and the Local and Master Roaming User Profiles synchronize. Therefore, if you do not run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on the Master Roaming

User Profiles regularly, you should set this option.

By always copying the acoustic information to the Master Roaming User Profile location, you ensure these accuracy improvements will be available when the Master Roaming User

Profile is opened from another location. However, setting this option can increase the amount of time it takes to close a Roaming User Profile.

In Dragon NaturallySpeaking, an end-user can set the Save Acoustic information option to control if Dragon saves the .usr and .sig files on each computer they dictate on.

See "Controlling updates to the acoustic components of a User Profile" in Dragon - What's

New for administrators for more information.

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The transfer of acoustic information based on this option's setting is not limited by setting the

Disk space reserved for network archive option.

Setting this option will copy approximately 15 MB across the network at synchronization if the

Roaming and Local copies are different.

Conserve archive size on network

Select this box to prevent copying of .DRA files (files that contain the acoustic data from the latest dictation session) to the Master Roaming User Profile location when the program synchronizes the Local and Master Roaming User Profiles. Leaving this box unchecked allows the local .DRA files to synchronize with the Master Roaming User Profile, which makes the .DRA files available to the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer when it is run on the Master Roaming User Profile locations and provides increased accuracy.

However, because .DRA files can be large, if you experience excessive network slowdowns, checking this option may solve the problem by eliminating the copying of these files each time the Master and Local Roaming User Profiles synchronize. You can still run the Acoustic and

Language Model Optimizer on the Master Roaming User Profile, but since it will not have the .DRA files to process, the accuracy gains will be less.

Note: The .DRA files will not be copied once the maximum size is reached in the Disk space

reserved for network archive option.

At synchronization, setting this option will copy approximately 1.3 MB for each minute of dictation saved in the .DRA files. These files are only copied from the Local Roaming User

Profile to the Master Roaming User Profile; they are never copied from the Master Roaming

User Profile to the Local Roaming User Profile.

Disk space reserved for network archive

Use this option to specify the maximum size of the directory containing the acoustic data (the

.dra and the log files) available to the Acoustic Optimizer. By default the archive size is 1000

MB per dictation source. To conserve space, you can reduce the default size and select the

Conserve archive size on network option.

Converting a non-roaming local User Profile into a


You can convert an existing non-roaming local User Profile to a Roaming User Profile from the Manage User Profiles dialog box. Converting a non-roaming local User Profile copies that User Profile to the Master Roaming User Profile location.

To convert a non-Roaming User Profile to a Roaming User Profile:

1. Select Profile > Manage User Profiles from the DragonBar. This action displays the

Manager User Profiles dialog box.

2. In the Location of user profile drop-down list at the bottom of the dialog box, select the non-roaming local location of your User Profiles. Now the list under User Profiles should include all the non-roaming local User Profiles that you can convert to Master Roaming

User Profiles.

3. Select the non-roaming local User Profiles you want to convert to a Master Roaming User

Profile.

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4. Click the Advanced button and then select Copy to Roaming from the menu that pops up. The Copy to Roaming dialog box appears.

5. Under Select Roaming Master Location to save the user, select the appropriate

Master Roaming User Profile location from the drop-down list. In the Choose sub-

directory if wanted field, you can select a subdirectory within the Roaming Master location. When finished, click OK. A Master Roaming User Profile location appears in this list only if it is currently available to the local computer.

6. Repeat the process for any other non-roaming local User Profiles you want to convert to

Master Roaming User Profiles.

Using multiple dictation sources with a single User

Profile

It is possible to have a variety of dictation sources (audio input devices) for a single set of

User Profiles so that the speaker can deploy various microphones or portable recording

devices. This ability is especially useful with the Roaming feature

. By allowing multiple dictation sources, you can still have the same User Profiles for each location regardless of the microphone type.

To add a new dictation source to a User Profile

1. In the Open User Profile dialog box, select the User Profile to dictate with the new dictation source.

2. Click the Source button and then click New. The New Dictation Source dialog box appears.

3. Select a new input device for dictation from the list on the New Dictation Source dialog box. You can choose from among different microphone or recorder types.

4. Click OK. You return to the Open User Profile dialog box.

5. Select the User Profile you just created and click Open. If you have not previously trained the User Profile with the new dictation source, the Profile Creation wizard appears and you can begin training.

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer for

Roaming User Profiles

When the Roaming feature is enabled on a workstation, that workstation cannot run the

Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer or the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer Scheduler because the optimizer or scheduler can only be run on the Master

Roaming User Profile. Later, any optimizations done by the Acoustic and Language

Model Optimizer are copied to each Local Roaming User Profile when synchronization

occurs.

The system administrator is responsible for running the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer on the network location of the Master Roaming User Profiles. The administrator can install Dragon on the computer where the Master Roaming User Profiles are located or an administrator's computer that has network access to the Master Roaming User Profiles and run the Scheduler for the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer. If possible, the

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Note: You must have Windows Administrator privileges on the computer where you are running the Scheduler for the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer.

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on a multi-core computer

To make sure that corrections and accuracy improvements that end-users make are applied to their Roaming User Profile, an administrator should run the Acoustic and Language Model

Optimizer on Roaming User Profiles only on a multi-core computer.

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer on a User Profile with two acoustic models

If the computer that an end-user dictates on meets certain system requirements, Dragon

NaturallySpeaking can use two acoustic models (instead of one) with a User Profile. Using two acoustic models instead of one increases recognition and dictation accuracy. Acoustic models that can be added in pairs to a User Profile are called Two-pass models.

See Using multiple acoustic models with a User Profile

for more information.

To run the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer to optimize Roaming User Profiles

1. Be sure that a copy of Dragon is installed on the computer where you plan to run the

Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer. Also be sure that the Roaming feature is not enabled.

2. On the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking >

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools > Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer

Scheduler to start the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer Scheduler.

3. Access the master directory of the Roaming User Profiles you want to optimize: select File

> Set Speaker Directory from the menu of the Acoustic and Language Model Optim-

izer Scheduler window. In the Set User Profile Directory dialog box, either enter the path of the directory or click the Browse button. If the User Profiles you want to optimize are located in multiple directories, you can change directories to locate the additional User

Profiles.

4. Select the User Profile(s) you want to optimize and set a schedule for running the Acous-

tic and Language Model Optimizer. For specific instructions, click the Help button in the window.

Controlling access to User Profiles

If you have multiple Dragon end-users on an end-user workstation, those end-users will have multiple User Profiles to choose from in Dragon's Open User Profile dialog box.

If you use a shared directory for User Profiles, whether they are roaming or non-roaming, you may be concerned about the ability of an end-user to see and/or open another end-user’s

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Many of Nuance’s customers address this concern simply through end-user training.

Each end-user should be aware that if they open another end-user’s profile and try to use it, their accuracy will be poor and end-user-specific customizations will not be available. Therefore, each end-user has an incentive to use only their own profile.

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If end-users always log into Windows with a unique Windows user ID, you can use

Windows file permissions to control access to the files. Typically, you do this by granting Full Control or Read/Write/Modify access to the shared directory, but do not allow this permission to propagate to sub-directories. That way, each end-user becomes the creator owner of any Dragon User Profile that he or she creates. Endusers can still see all of the Dragon User Profiles in the Open User Profile dialog box, but if they try to select another end-user’s profile, a message will appear saying that they do not have permission to access that profile. Apply similar file permissions to the local copy of each Roaming User Profile; the default location for local copies is under

C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13.5\RoamingUsers

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If end-users log in using a shared Windows user ID, the best way to control access is through HTTP Roaming. In this configuration, you set up a web server running either

IIS or Apache and with the WebDAV file system enabled. On each workstation, you specify a URL on the web server as the Roaming User Profile location. When an enduser launches Dragon, before displaying the Open User Profile dialog it prompts for a user name and password, which it uses to authenticate against the web server.

You can use file permissions on the web server to specify which User Profiles are accessible to each account on the web server. File security is a function of the web server and the WebDAV software.

Making it easier for end-users to select their User Profiles

As described above, the Dragon Open User Profile dialog shows a list of all of the User

Profiles in a shared directory (unless you are using HTTP Roaming to limit access to User

Profiles). If there are more User Profiles than will fit on one screen, you can train end-users to go directly to a specific User Profile by typing the first few letters of its name.

In Dragon NaturallySpeaking , you can display and view groups of User Profiles in a treestyle structure. See "Open User Profiles dialog box optimized for Roaming" in Dragon -

What's New for administrators for more information.





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Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV for HTTP Roaming

Here we discuss how to configure Internet Information Services (IIS) and Dragon

NaturallySpeaking to allow you to use WebDAV shares as http roaming users profile locations.

You must perform two steps to use IIS and WebDAV for Dragon HTTP Roaming:

1.

Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV

2.

Configuring Dragon internet roaming


Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV

To run WebDAV, you must install Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 or greater on a server operating system such as Windows Server 2008.

In this section we discuss installing and configuring WebDAV on IIS 7.0.

Installing and configuring WebDAV on Internet Information Services 7.0

Internet Information Services 7.0 - Install WebDAV

1. Install WebDAV on the IIS 7 server. For more information, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431377.aspx

Internet Information Services 7.0 - Configuring WebDAV

1. Create a virtual directory that points to the Roaming User directory. For more information, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb763173.aspx

2. Enable Basic Authentication for the Roaming User directory. For more information, see: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733010(WS.10).aspx

3. In the IIS Manager, select Default Web Site in the left pane.

4. In the main view, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules.

5. Select WebDAV Settings.

6. In the WebDAV Settings page, under Authoring Behavior, set the Allow Unknown

MIME Types property to True.

7. Under Property Behavior, set the Allow Custom Properties and Allow Property

Queries with Infinite Depth properties to True.

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8. Click Apply to save the changes.

9. Make sure that the files in your Roaming User Profile directory are not locked, password protected, or otherwise restricted for access by server permissions.

Configuring Dragon internet roaming

Perform the following steps to configure Dragon internet roaming on all workstations.

1. Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking .

2. Open the Administrative Settings dialog. On the Dragon Bar, select Tools > Admin-

istrative Settings.

3. In the Roaming tab, select Enable.

4. Click the Add button to add a new network location.

5. Set the Display Name and the Network Location. The Roaming User Network Location dialog box displays examples of what you can enter in the Address field.

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For HTTP locations, you can click the HTTP Settings button to set information specific to your HTTP connection like Authentication, Firewall, and Proxy Server information.

Nuance strongly recommends that you test your connection to the HTTP server from the HTTP Settings dialog box.

Chapter 8: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming User Profiles. Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 14.0

Chapter 8: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming

User Profiles

Setting up the Roaming feature

Overview of the Roaming feature

Setting up the Roaming feature

Creating a network storage location for the Master

Roaming User Profiles

Where to install and configure Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Storage space required for the Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles

How Dragon Synchronizes Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles

Estimating Network traffic caused by synchronization

Enabling the Roaming feature on each computer where an end-user will dictate

Client Administrative Settings: Roaming tab

Client Administrative Settings: Roaming User Network

Location

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting Roaming User settings and Data settings

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site HTTP connection settings for Roaming User Profiles

Authentication

Firewall and Proxy Servers

Miscellaneous

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site SSL connection settings for Roaming User Profiles

Certificate store

SSL Protocols

Testing and troubleshooting an HTTP connection

Setting and selecting Roaming User Profile options

Converting a non-roaming local User Profile into a

Roaming User Profile

Using multiple dictation sources with a single User

Profile

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer for

Roaming User Profiles

Controlling access to User Profiles

Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV for HTTP Roaming

Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV

Configuring Dragon internet roaming

Related manuals

Table of contents

Chapter 8: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming User Profiles. Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 14.0

Chapter 8: Configuring and using the Roaming feature and Roaming

User Profiles

Setting up the Roaming feature

Overview of the Roaming feature

Setting up the Roaming feature

Creating a network storage location for the Master

Roaming User Profiles

Where to install and configure Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Storage space required for the Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles

How Dragon Synchronizes Master and Local Roaming

User Profiles

Estimating Network traffic caused by synchronization

Enabling the Roaming feature on each computer where an end-user will dictate

Client Administrative Settings: Roaming tab

Client Administrative Settings: Roaming User Network

Location

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting Roaming User settings and Data settings

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site HTTP connection settings for Roaming User Profiles

Authentication

Firewall and Proxy Servers

Miscellaneous

NMS Administrative Settings: Setting site SSL connection settings for Roaming User Profiles

Certificate store

SSL Protocols

Testing and troubleshooting an HTTP connection

Setting and selecting Roaming User Profile options

Converting a non-roaming local User Profile into a

Roaming User Profile

Using multiple dictation sources with a single User

Profile

Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer for

Roaming User Profiles

Controlling access to User Profiles

Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV for HTTP Roaming

Configuring Internet Information Services and WebDAV

Configuring Dragon internet roaming

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