BigHand Setup

The following step take you through the process of setting up the integration between ALB and BigHand.

ALB Configuration

• From Utilities/System Parameters:

• Digital Dictation Provider should be set to (this is the Dynamic Link Library and Class Name which integrates with Bighand) IRIS.Law.BigHandDictation.dll|IRIS.Law.BigHandDictation.BigHand (Note the pipe character separating the two)

• Default Activity Code for Dictation should be set to whatever you wish to be the default for time recording e.g. Preparation

• Digital Dictation Turned On should be set to Yes (this can only be done by Advanced Legal support). This tells ALB to call BigHand when the relevant buttons are pressed.

BigHand Configuration on each PC

• Click Start

• Click Run

• Type Regedit

• For 32 bit machines locate the registry key
  HKEY_Local_Machine/Software/BigHand/TotalSpeech

• For 64 bit machines, locate the registry key
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BigHand\TotalSpeech

• Right-click and modify and set eventScript key to IRIS.Law.BigHandDictation.BigHandCOMInterface

• If the event script is not present you will need to manually create it.
  New String Value
  Name eventScript
  Value Data IRIS.LawBigHandDictation.BigHandCOMInterface

• Click OK.  

This tells BigHand to call ALB

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Type Cmd
• Type in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe “C:\Program Files\IRISLaw\PMS\IRIS.Law.BigHandDictation.dll” /codebase (Note the space)

BigHand 4.3 Integration

BigHand version 4.3 is supported for ALB version 2.1.0 onwards. Note: The All Users group in the BigHand System Admin tree needs the right to “Run Script Events” and the right to “Enable Client API” and, if using in a Terminal Server environment, the relevant BigHand plugin needs to be installed.