Dragon Medical SpeechKit administration guide
Dragon Medical SpeechKit is a series of SDKs provided by Nuance to add cloud-based, real-time speech recognition to your desktop or mobile app.
For more information on how to integrate Dragon Medical SpeechKit, see the SDK help delivered with each SDK.
This guide provides information on administering your Dragon Medical SpeechKit system, including the following:
- Setting up your organization
- Invoicing
- Server security
- Supported microphones
- Network guidelines
- Working with the Nuance Management Center.
- Analyzing your organization's speech recognition usage
- Troubleshooting
System diagram
The following diagram illustrates the components and URLs for US-hosted systems. International systems have different network access requirements.
Dragon Medical SpeechKit components
The following components are relevant to Dragon Medical SpeechKit administration.
Dragon Medical SpeechKit - SDKs to speech-enable your desktop (.NET), iOS, Android or browser app.
Dragon Medical Server - Speech recognition servers.
Browser edition web server - Provides the JavaScript to speech-enable your browser app. For more information, see the Browser edition SDK help.
Nuance Management Center (NMC) - A web browser interface for Dragon Medical SpeechKit administration.
Use NMC to manage user accounts, sites and groups, define auto-texts, manage the speech-recognition vocabulary, monitor system usage and perform other administration tasks.
Additional components
The following components are not part of Dragon Medical SpeechKit but can be used in combination with Dragon Medical SpeechKit in some systems.
Dragon Medical One - Lightweight speech recognition app by Nuance.
PowerMic Mobile - Enables the user's smartphone to act as a portable microphone for Dragon Medical One.
Nuance Management Server (NMS) - Provides services for the Dragon Medical system; for example, user authentication. For Dragon Medical SpeechKit, NMS communication is handled by Dragon Medical Server; the client app doesn't communicate directly with NMS.
Additional documentation
The following documentation resources are available for specific Dragon Medical SpeechKit SDKs and for NMC:
| Available information | Resource | Location |
|---|---|---|
| How to speech-enable your app; best practices. | Dragon Medical SpeechKit SDK Help | iOS, Android, .NET, Browser. |
| Description of every function in the SDK. | API reference and sample apps | Provided with the SDK package: iOS, Android, .NET |
| How to use the speech recognition features provided by Dragon Medical SpeechKit. | End-user help | Accessed via the speech-enabled app's speech bar. See also the end user help sample content. |
| New features and solved issues. | Release notes for each Dragon Medical SpeechKit release. | Release notes |
| Hardware and software requirements for Dragon Medical SpeechKit. | Release notes for each Dragon Medical SpeechKit release. | Release notes. |
| How to use NMC. | NMC help. | Sign in to NMC and select  in the upper right of the page. |