We have recently set up our department with Dragon Medical 10.1. We are installing this software on multiple public computers and consequently have to set up each box with each users profile. We currently have 6 users that this may grow to as many as 30. My question is; is there a way to centrally manage these installations or do we have to go PC to PC each time we want to add or subtract a user?
I recently read some posts regarding voice file corruption that can occur with roaming but these were old posts and I am wondering if this problem has been resolved. I don't really want to go back to having a USB drive to carry my voice files wherever I go.

Thanks,
Pete

If each of your end users are only going to use one computer, you might consider storing the user profiles on the server even though you would still have to install NaturallySpeaking on each individual computer. However, if your end-users are going to use multiple computers then we would recommend copying the user profile to each computer that will be used and then Roaming. If you would like additional information on Roaming look up “Roaming” in the NaturallySpeaking Quick Tips at the top of every page on the KnowBrainer Speech Recognition Forums

Let me clarify my question. Each user has a personal desktop in their office, some have laptops also that they carry around (me). We also have 12 work stations in the clinic area where our docs go to dictate reports in between seeing patients. We have set up a server for the voice files and enabled roaming on all of their personal desktops/laptops to see their own voice files on the server, but also set up roaming on the clinic computers so that when they go to clinic all they have to do is carry their microphone, plug it in and logon to dragon and pull up their voice files.

The problem is setting up all those clinic PC's with all those profiles. Currently we have 6 users and may expand that to as many as 30. Right now it appears each time we want to add a user to able to use any of those public PC's someone with admin privileges has to walk around and add the user. Is there a way to do that from a central location or save the information to a disk and just copy a file to the PC with all the user profiles?

There are a few possibilities available. The most common is Windows Active Directory. If your current office network administrator is not familiar with this option (which seems likely if they are walking around adding the user to each system), then you should find a qualified network administrator. There are many organizations with hundreds (or thousands) of computers where each user can log onto any PC. There are competing products that may serve your needs just as well. There may be a need to redo some of what has already been done before your situation gets out of control.

One caution: Be aware that "roaming users" is used as a term for allowing Windows users to sign on at any PC. That is NOT the same as the Dragon "roaming users."

Larry Allen
http://www.pcspeak.com

Thanks Larry,
I am familiar with Active Directory and so is my IT guy. We work at a very large state university with thousands of computers and miles of network. That might be the problem. This is a relatively small install and not a piece of software they are familiar with. Your idea is a good one. We are deploying Dragon Medical Enterprise Edition from a central server, I think I need to find the file that contains the profiles and copy that to each computer and that should be something we can do from a central server. Anyone know where that information is stored? Another issue is as a doc on the payroll I do not have admin privileges on anything but my own PC and laptop. This slows me down trying different things, I have to get IT involved on every little new thing I try.

FYI, I bought your book and working through it.

Pete

I am taking this discussion over to the KnowBrainer forum. There seems to be be more traffic over there.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Pete