sapisvr.exe

Speech Recognition by Microsoft

Remove sapisvr.exe
Version:   5.3.11513.00 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:   173d93ab55b6602c115e1e0bcda3bdbc
SHA1:   3a044d7273d9b6242b73fa65d9863b03a7ca4983
SHA256:   938c02c2c682b542788f0d94abab2fa7d80d00e1b8a55e19bee49af31ab10d9f
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

About sapisvr.exe (from Microsoft)

Windows Speech Recognition in Windows empowers users to interact with their computers by voice. It was designed for people who want to significantly limit their use of the mouse and keyboard while mai

Overview

sapisvr.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:sapisvr.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Speech Recognition
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\windows\speech\common\sapisvr.exe
Original name:sapisvr.exe.mui
File version:5.3.11513.00 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:5.3.11513.00
Size:43.5 KB (44,544 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Speech Recognition' → "C:\Windows\Speech\Common\sapisvr.exe" -SpeechUX -Startup

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00127749%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00064827%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00062922%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:190,056 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:4,318,942/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:245/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:125.67 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):181.82 MB
Private (minimum):83.13 MB
Non-paged memory:125.67 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:471.61 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):481.7 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:154.68 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):199.49 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:19,780,835/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:3.56 MB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1,721/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:3.45 MB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:851/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:619 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:313/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:35
12
Handles:707
600
GUI GDI count:122
103
GUI GDI peak:139
142
GUI USER count:120
49
GUI USER peak:131
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\windows\speech\common\sapisvr.exe" -speechux -startup
  • "C:\windows\speech\common\sapisvr.exe" -speechux
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
msvcrt.dll
Total CPU:0.57403763%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.22031915%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.35371849%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:14,715,289/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:81/sec
79/sec
Memory:636 KB
1.16 MB
spsreng.dll
Total CPU:0.26605820%
Kernel CPU:0.00229547%
User CPU:0.26376273%
CPU cycles:6,643,384/sec
Context switches:15/sec
Memory:1.04 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.12080852%
Kernel CPU:0.05445851%
User CPU:0.06635001%
CPU cycles:2,486,523/sec
Context switches:52/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
sapi.dll
Total CPU:0.08364687%
Kernel CPU:0.01885083%
User CPU:0.06479604%
CPU cycles:6,013,560/sec
Context switches:25/sec
Memory:1.39 MB
SpeechUX.DLL
Total CPU:0.03705611%
Kernel CPU:0.01593375%
User CPU:0.02112236%
CPU cycles:1,110,511/sec
Context switches:24/sec
Memory:1.09 MB
uiautomationcore.dll
Total CPU:0.01462714%
Kernel CPU:0.00997305%
User CPU:0.00465409%
CPU cycles:439,195/sec
Context switches:22/sec
Memory:744 KB
sapisvr.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00017383%
Kernel CPU:0.00017018%
User CPU:0.00000365%
CPU cycles:5,494/sec
Memory:64 KB
WINMM.dll
Total CPU:0.00002751%
Kernel CPU:0.00002751%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:528/sec
Memory:236 KB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:0.00001288%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00001288%
CPU cycles:122/sec
Memory:2.09 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.73%
Windows 8 Pro 9.09%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 4.55%
Windows 8.1 4.55%
Windows Vista Business 4.55%
Windows 7 Enterprise 4.55%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 72.73% of Speech Recognition.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Lenovo 23.53%
Dell 23.53%
Intel 23.53%
Hewlett-Packard 11.76%
Toshiba 11.76%
Acer 5.88%
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