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Installing Presto

This guide takes you from nothing installed to Presto running alongside PowerScribe on your workstation. You only do this once. Budget about ten minutes, most of which is waiting for an email.

Go to app.presto.run and click Sign In in the top right.

The Presto home page with the Sign In button in the top right of the header

Presto has no password. You sign in with a code sent to your email.

Enter your email address and click Send Sign-In Code. Check your inbox, then type the code in and click Verify Code.

The Sign in to Presto page with the Email Address field and the Send Sign-In Code button

Once you are signed in, click Go to Dashboard.

The Presto home page after signing in, showing the Go to Dashboard button

On the dashboard, find the Desktop Application card and click Download for Windows.

The Presto dashboard with the Desktop Application card and its Download for Windows button

Open the file you downloaded, Presto-Setup.exe, and click through the installer.

Presto installs to your own user folder and does not need administrator rights, so you should not see a prompt for an admin password. By default it adds a desktop shortcut, starts automatically when you log in, and keeps itself updated.

Section titled “Step 6: Launch PowerScribe and link your account”

Start PowerScribe as you normally would. Presto is already running in the background.

The first time, Presto opens your browser and asks you to sign in once more, with the same email-and-code steps from Step 2. This is what connects your Presto account to your PowerScribe account, and it only happens once.

When the browser shows “Authentication successful! You can close this window.”, close the tab and go back to PowerScribe.

You are set up. The next thing to do is a merge: