Symptoms
Dragon Medical One can be installed in a VMware Horizon View virtual desktop environment, that enables users to dictate using Powermic speech mic device which is connected to client machine.To improve usability, there are two recommended solutions for dictation in a virtual environment. One is USB split with RTAV, the other is installing extension package on Windows client.
Purpose
This article provides step by step solutions for Dragon Medical One with Nuance Powermic speechmic device in a virtual environment.
Resolution
Solution 1: USB split + RTAV
configure include/exclude Vid/Pid device in GPO for speech mic device.
Open "Local Group Policy Editor” and navigate to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/VMware View Agent Configuration/View USB Configuration
Enable: Include Vid/Pid Device and Set value as o:vid-0554_pid-1001
Enable: Exclude Vid/Pid Device and set value as o:vid-0554_pid-1001(exintf:00;exintf:01;exintf:02)
Launch desktop, the device is shown as "Dictaphone PowerMicII-NS" on client USB device list.Redirect the device via USB redirection. Then use Nuance Dragon software in agent to test the device.
Solution 2: Nuance extensions
Go to http://dragonmedicalone.nuance.com/StandAlone/ and search for the Nuance VMware Extensions download.Then install these two packages on Windows client machine.• Nuance PowerMic VMware Client Extension.exe• Nuance VMware Client Audio Extension.exeNotice:1. You may need to have an account with admin privilege to install the client side software. Otherwise, you may not see the PowerMicII in remote app's Microphone list.2. No need to redirect the USB device to remote desktop or app. The Primary dictation button control could work fine without USB redirection.
