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Our introduction of new features to ProDictate Online has made the dictation solution even more intuitive and user-friendly. As well as a newly designed status bar that displays connection and software statuses, start symbols now make it seamless to directly carry out important functions. Microsoft Word can also be anchored in a background text document as the user continues working on their PC.

The popular VC solution ProDictate from Devacon now offers support for the open source operating system OpenThinClient. ProDictate is a digital dictation solution that provides superior transmission of audio, supports the use of foot switches in remote desktop environments as well as connected dictation devices and vastly reduces the overall effects of bandwidth fluctuations. IT departments are relived by the presence of ProDictate which can easily be integrated into an existing infrastructure with little set up and overhead. This makes the remote desktop solution an improvement over Citrix XenApp and similar solutions.

Devacon will be at conhIT 2017 presenting the new version of its dictation solution software ProDictate. New features include abilities to integrate external write forces without the need of further integration efforts and making available incoming dictations as direct text. Other improvements include a leap forward in the ability to recognize speech on the PC, in a Windows Terminal or in a Citrix XenApp environment. conhIT 2017 - Connecting Healthcare IT will held from 25 - 27 April, in Berlin.

ProDictate’s new module now makes automatic voice recognition and dictation software operate in the background, increasing user efficiency and making the transcribed texts available to the user. Organisation of the dictations is completed via a central pool, which can be filtered according to multiple factors. Moreover, ProDictate Mobile can then coordinate the dictation, sending it either to the dictating or writing party.

The BlackBerry Developer Summit was held on November 17th, 2016, in New York and Devacon was one of many innovative companies attending with the aim of increasing the role of mobile solutions in business processes. ProDictate Mobile leads the exploitation of this technology with increasing reliability in the face of security challenges. Indeed, ProDicate Mobile is integrated into Good Dynamics and aids companies’ employees to securely handle mobile dictations.

ProDictate Online’s server-based speech recognition software enables users to exploit the latest speech recognition technologies on thin clients running XenApp or WTS. Indeed, even the integration of speech recognition software can be completed at little cost and with little expertise. Moreover, the software can be used at the cursor without needing to install or adapt other applications.

The newly released 2.0 version of ProDictate now fully supports XenApp 7.9 Citrix. XenApp 7.9 Citrix itself is a Terminal Server solution aimed at increasing user comfort, heightening security, and making management capabilities more responsive. Additionally, ProDictate 2.0 also supports Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication services, which enable users to effortlessly log in to multiple virtual and local applications via a single command. Corporate networks are made more secure this way and the work for IT departments is reduced.

Linux-based Igel thin clients now have enhanced functions thanks to the new version of Devacon’s Virtual Channel Client. Users wanting speech regognition or dictation capabilities on Terminal Server or XenApp WTS up from Igel’s 5.05.100 Firmware now have no issues—even on an Igel Thin Client UD2, UD3, or UD5. Any thin client hosted by a corporate network can rapidly receive the solution via UMS. This integration allows for the quick and effective rollout of speech regognition software.

Entering your passwords and applications over and over again is now over: Single Sing On (SSO) authentication has been enabled by ProDictate Online on the XenApp and WTS Terminal Server. Users simply log in to ProDictate Online’s speech recognition software with their Windows credentials and enter/dictate any required prompts via the integrated Active Directory module to continue their speech recognition work.

Enhanced data security is achieved through encryption for both user sides, but this is offset by administration department holding security keys. There are specific requirements for data security at work. The fact that transcription is activated through ProDictate DS2 format ensures the right level of data security and means the security of that data is not affected.