Installing Speech Server

Installing Speech Server

This topic provides installation instructions for the Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Evaluation Edition of Microsoft Speech Server (MSS) 2004 R2. You can use these instructions whether you are installing for the first time, or upgrading from a previous version.

This section contains:

• Installing Administrative Tools

• Running an Unattended Install

• Specifying Post-Install Settings

• Verifying a Successful Installation

• Installing or Removing a Language Pack

• Installing the Speech Add-ins

Before running Setup, verify that the computer meets all software prerequisites. For more information, see Installing Prerequisite Software.

To install Microsoft Speech Server

1. Insert the Microsoft Speech Server 2004 R2 CD. The Setup program launches automatically.

   Note  If Setup does not automatically launch, or if you are installing MSS from a network location: open Windows Explorer, navigate to the drive location of the Microsoft Speech Server CD, and then double-click Setup.exe.

2. Click Install Microsoft Speech Server.

3. If all prerequisite software is found, click Install Microsoft Speech Server on the Installation Guide screen. Otherwise, install the missing required software as indicated on the Prerequisites screen, and then click Continue.

4. Read and accept the End-User License Agreement, and then click Next.

5. On the Customer Information screen, enter the customer information and the 25-digit Product Key, and then click Next.

   Note  A Product Key is not required if you are a Volume Licensing customer, installing the Evaluation edition, or upgrading from a previous version.

6. On the Setup Type screen, do one of the following:

   • Select Complete to install all components, and then click Next. (See Remarks below.)

   • Select Custom to install only selected components, click Next, and on the Custom Install screen, clear the components you do not want installed.

7. Select the type of applications to support (Telephony Applications, Multimodal Applications, or Both Telephony and Multimodal Applications), and click Install.

8. Click Finish.

9. Repeat for each computer in the deployment.

Feature Restrictions

• TAS and SES require that MSS Components be installed.

• TAS and SES require that Administrative Tools be installed.

• Standard Edition requires that SES be installed on any computer that is running TAS. Enterprise Edition and Evaluation Edition enable TAS to reside on a computer that is not running SES.

Remarks

Selecting a Setup Type of Complete will install both TAS and SES on the same computer (a single computer configuration). This option is typically used for telephony (voice-only) systems.

To minimize disruption of service, disconnect the server from the production environment before installing MSS.

Installing MSS temporarily interrupts the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service. For more information about the WMI service, see Understanding WMI Scripting.

MSS sets permission levels on the computers where it is installed. After installing MSS, only Administrators (not Users or Guests) are able to log on interactively.

To install only the Administrative tools without MSS, see Installing Administrative Tools.

Next Step: Specifying Post-Install Settings

See Also

Modifying Speech Server | Upgrading Speech Server | Removing Speech Server