[Athen] More ZT Questions

Robert Beach rbeach at kckcc.edu
Thu Jan 25 13:33:54 PST 2007


Actually, I'm not even dealing with that extra headache. <grin> We have
a 10-seat District License which I use to install on computers that need
the software each semester. AiSquared sent me a whole list of folder
and files that need permissions set before students can login into their
limited accounts and access the program. Yippy!



Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach at kckcc.edu


>>> kevin.sesock at okstate.edu 1/25/2007 3:05:56 PM >>>

Robert:

I assume you're talking about the Networked version? If so, same here.
This is one of the reasons we're moving to MAGic.

Kevin A. Sesock, A+, Net+, CNA, MCSA
Assistive Technology Specialist
Student Disability Services
Division of Student Affairs
Oklahoma State University

http://access.it.okstate.edu

"Hail to the speaker, hail to the knower; joy to he who has
understood,
delight to they who have listened." - Odin

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]
On
Behalf Of Robert Beach
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:07 PM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] More ZT Questions

Dan,

I'd be willing to bet the student means MS Office 2002 rather than
Windows 2002. I get that all the time. Either way, it's still XP and
ZT 8 or 9 should work fine. There are some rights issues with 9 that
are still making me crazy every time I install on a new system.



Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach at kckcc.edu


>>> djbrky at bu.edu 1/25/2007 1:40 PM >>>

Thanks Kevin,

I thought MS Windows 2002 sounded funky. But the student was so
adamant
about it being as such that I began to question my prior knowledge.

I just got off the phone with the student and the Medical Center DSS
and
issues are far larger than they originally appeared.

Cheers --- Dann


=========================
Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director
Boston University Office of Disability Services
19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor
Boston, MA 02215

(617) 353-3658 (office)
(617) 353-9646 (fax)
djbrky at bu.edu (eMail)
www.bu.edu/disability



>-----Original Message-----

>From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

On

>Behalf Of Sesock, Kevin A

>Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:25 PM

>To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>Subject: Re: [Athen] More ZT Questions

>

>Daniel:

>

>First of all, regarding your questions regarding Windows "2002" (I

can

>only assume you mean Windows XP), the version 8 of ZoomText should

work

>just fine. Version 9 is recommended for some of its feature

enhancements

>and broader support of newer hardware/software, but 8 should work.

>

>As for the Networked version of ZoomText, it works, but there are

issues

>with it. For example, there are very few good ways to pass settings

to

>machines from the server-based installation. Also, in version 9.0,

there

>were a lot of problems with proper rights assignments affecting the

>ability to install or use the software. Things had to be just "so".

This

>also holds true with 9.02 in a few ways. I've discovered, much to our



>chagrin, that the network capabilities in ZT9, while a good start,

are

>not in parallel with the network management and deployment features

>available in recent versions of MAGic (for example). Zoomtext, of

>course, has strength in some of its other capabilities, and the

>comparison between the two usually boils down to what is absolutely

>necessary at your location.

>

>Ultimately, however, the client computers attempt to connect to a

>Windows file share (usually through UNC path only), to verify that a

>license is available, and also to save or load user settings (if

>enabled). It's relatively simplistic, but you'll need a server (or an

>always-on) machine, with a little bit of storage space for user

profiles

>and some way to load the software onto each computer you want it on.

For

>the most part, this is going to be a disk cloning suite like Norton

>Ghost, Rembo, or something similar, which will probably be something

>your IT department manages in tandem with your labs. I suppose

questions

>like how many computers you're going to load the software on, how

many

>clients you expect to be using the software at any given time

>(concurrent licensing), and how many campuses you want access to the

>software (one campus versus several branches for site versus district

>licensening) will be key questions when it comes to the actual

purchase

>itself.

>

>Sorry to ramble, but hopefully that information will help you.

>

>Kevin A. Sesock, A+, Net+, CNA, MCSA

>Assistive Technology Specialist

>Student Disability Services

>Division of Student Affairs

>Oklahoma State University

>

>http://access.it.okstate.edu

>

>"Hail to the speaker, hail to the knower; joy to he who has

understood,

>delight to they who have listened." - Odin

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org]

On

>Behalf Of Berkowitz, Daniel J

>Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:54 PM

>To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>Subject: [Athen] More ZT Questions

>

>How exactly does the Networked version of ZoomText work?

>

>

>=========================

>Daniel Berkowitz - Assistant Director

>Boston University Office of Disability Services

>19 Deerfield Street, 2nd floor

>Boston, MA 02215

>

>(617) 353-3658 (office)

>(617) 353-9646 (fax)

>djbrky at bu.edu (eMail)

>www.bu.edu/disability

>

>

>

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