Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Chapter 5: Installing Dragon using the Windows installer (MSI)
Overview of Installing Dragon using
the Windows Installer (MSI)
Dragon NaturallySpeaking includes a native Windows Installer (MSI) that lets you customize your
installations as well as install across a network to multiple client computers. In addition, you use
this service to modify, repair, or remove any existing installations.
Although you have several choices when deciding how you want to install Dragon NaturallySpeaking
on the command line, Nuance recommends that you follow the approach presented
initially in this document.
You can use this procedure to install the software on one computer at a time or combine it with
Systems Management Server (SMS) or Windows Active Directory Service to install the software
across a network to multiple client computers. Also, if you have already installed the product, you
use this process to upgrade, modify, repair, or remove any existing installations.
Before You Begin
To ensure a smooth installation, before you proceed, you should gather the following information
regarding your network and Dragon settings.
n Preferred settings for Dragon options, including any PowerMic or PowerMic II button actions
to be programmed. You set these settings in the Options dialog box of Dragon.
n Preferred settings for Dragon Windows Auto-Formatting options to be applied to the
recognized text. You set these settings in the Auto-Formatting dialog box of Dragon.
n Path to and/or mapped drive of the location where Roaming User Profiles are stored or are
going to be stored, are normally set in the Network Settings sub-dialog of the Roaming tab in
the Administrative Settings dialog box.
n Information about your http or https connection to the Roaming User Profiles storage location,
if applicable, normally viewed in the Roaming User Network Location sub-dialog of the
Administrative Settings dialog box, accessible when clicking on “Add” for a Network
Directory.
n Preferred settings for collecting dictation data to be sent back to Nuance Communications for
improving the future accuracy of Dragon, are normally set under the Scheduled Tasks tab of
the Administrative Settings dialog.
n Install a third-party indexing/search software before you install Dragon; if no third-party
indexing/search is installed, when you try to set Dragon options, the Enable Desktop Search
commands check box will not be available for selection. Dragon supports Google Desktop
and Microsoft Vista Search.
Finding the MSI Installer on the DVD
The compiled MSI file is located on your installation DVD. The files for each edition are named:
n : Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.msi
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