Verifying a Successful Installation

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Verifying a Successful Installation

After installing Microsoft Speech Server (MSS), verify the services on each MSS computer to ensure that all applicable components have installed and started correctly.

To verify MSS services

  1. Click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tasks, and then double-click Computer Management.

  2. Expand Services and Applications, and then double-click Services.

  3. In the details pane, verify that the following services are started:

    On computers running Telephony Application Services (TAS):

    • Telephony Interface Manager (TIM) service (hardware-specific)

    • Telephony Application Services

    On computers running Speech Engine Services (SES):

    • Speech Engine Services

    • Speechify Voice (text-to-speech engine for SES)

  4. If a service is not started, right-click the service, and then click Start.

    Note  The TIM service must be running for TAS to start.

  5. Follow the procedures below to verify the customer experience through TAS.

    MSS Edition

    Procedure

    Standard, or
    Standard 180-Day Evaluation

    Place a telephone call to the system to verify that it is responding properly.

    Enterprise, or
    Enterprise 180-Day Evaluation

    1. Grant client access to SES using the Windows Access Control List (ACL). See Assigning Permissions to Clients Using SES.

    2. Copy StartPage.htm from the Microsoft Speech Server CD (located in \MSS\WinRoot\wwwroot\TAS\) to the wwwroot directory on either the SES computer or any Web server.

    3. Set the Inbound Application Start page URL and the Speech Lobby URL. See Configuring Telephony Application Services.

    4. Add the Web server to the MSS Trusted Sites list. See Adding or Removing a Trusted Site.

    5. Place a telephone call to the system to verify that it is responding properly.

See Also

Installing a Web Server | Security Considerations | Application Deployment Overview