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Nuance Management Center Administrator Guide
About the Roaming feature
Applies to: Dragon Professional, Dragon Medical Network Edition only
The Roaming feature is an optional feature that allows users to dictate on different Dragon client
computers where Dragon is installed without having to create separate user profiles for each computer.
Users can dictate on different computers in their office, or even computers in different geographical
locations, like at work and at home. With the Roaming feature enabled, each user has a single Roaming
user profile stored in a central network location. Users use this profile on each computer where they
dictate. Dragon saves acoustic data to the network location when users save changes to their Roaming
user profile.
The Roaming feature:
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Allows users to use Dragon even when the network directory that stores Roaming user profiles
is unavailable. Dragon simply opens the Local Roaming user profile.
A local cache stores user profile information offline when the network is not available.
l Minimizes network traffic. If a Local Roaming user profile already exists on a specific
computer, Dragon downloads only updated contents when the user opens the profile. Dragon
also uploads only updated contents when the dictation session ends.
l Provides username and password protection on Roaming user profiles if HTTP Roaming is
configured.
l Allows use of Citrix Smooth Roaming feature to allow users to move between computers and
complete work started in a different location. (Dragon Medical Network Edition only)
For more information on Roaming user profiles, see “About Roaming user profiles” on page 69.
For Roaming feature setup and configuration information, see “Roaming feature setup checklist” on
page 72.
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