Starting with NaturallySpeaking 8, users
can access voice files from a central server using Roaming Users.
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Enabling Roaming Users to make a Roaming
profile available while roaming involves 3 steps.
- Identifying the Roaming User Directory
on the Server
- Enabling Roaming Users
- Creating the User Profile
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Creating a Roaming User
Converting a User Profile created Locally into a Roaming Profile
involves a slightly different procedure. See Copying a local User Profile to the
Roaming User list.
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1. Set Up the Roaming User Directory.
The Roaming User profiles must exist on a
directory that will be available from any computer that will be used
with NaturallySpeaking. Most organizations provide users with a
personal drive such as
U: or S: for their personal files and which is available from any
computer that they log into. The Roaming User directory should be
located
on this drive. Create new directory on the drive such as
"DragonRoaming". So if the personal drive was U: the directory
would be U:\DragonRoaming. In the instructions below "x:" refers
to the appropriate network drive.
2. Enabling Roaming Users.
Roaming Users is enabled from the Administrative
Settings ... options on the Tools menu on the DragonBar.
The Administrative Settings can not be accessed if any users are
open in
NaturallySpeaking (so this process can not be completed by voice).
To
enable Roaming Users:
- Close the NaturallySpeaking User if one is open.
(On the Dragon Bar click NaturallySpeaking
then Close User)
- Access the Administrative Settings Screen (On the
Dragon Bar click Tools
then Administrative
Settings ...)
- On the Administrative Settings screen
- Click Enable
- Enter the Network Directory for YOUR server, i.e.
S:\DragonRoaming
- Leave the Local directory as <Roaming Local>
- Click OK
- Click Yes
to create the Local Roaming Directory.
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3. Create a User profile
- Open the Open User screen (On the Dragon
Bar click NaturallySpeaking
then Open Users)
- Click New
- Type in the Name for the profile. If using the
Medical version remember to select the proper Medical Specialty
Vocabulary from the Vocabulary drop down list.
To use the roaming profile on any computer with NaturallySpeaking
8 installed, simply complete steps 1 and 2 above, then open the user.
You may be asked to complete the Audio Setup Wizard to set
microphone
levels, then you can begin using NaturallySpeaking.
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Copying a Local User Profile
to the Roaming Users List
This alternate procedure need only be completed if a Local user was
created prior to enabling Roaming Users and needs to be copied to the
Roaming Profile directory.
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Start with the same procedure for creating
a Roaming Profile listed above:
- Create the DragonRoaming Directory on the correct
Network Drive. (i.e. U:)
- Start NaturallySpeaking
- Close the user (NaturallySpeaking, Close User)
- Open the Administrative Settings (Tools, Administrative Settings)
- Enable Roaming Users
- Browse to x:DragonRoaming
for the "Network Directory"
where x: is
your network drive letter.
So far all the same as creating a Roaming Profile - but now the changes:
- Enable "Enable access to non roaming users"
- Click OK
- Click NaturallySpeaking, Manage Users
- Select the user to be copied to the Roaming Directory
- Click Advanced
- Click Save
to Roaming
- When complete (hour glass will go away - may take
a couple of minutes), click close
- Open the Administrative Settings (Tools, Administrative Settings)
- DISABLE "Enable access to non roaming
users"
- Click OK
The Local User profile should now be available as a Roaming User.
Click NaturallySpeaking,
Open User to open the Roaming user
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