sapisvr.exe
Speech Recognition by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 6 versions of sapisvr.exe in the wild, the latest version being 5.3.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205). sapisvr.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 46.42 KB. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1 from Microsoft Corporation. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0012% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 85.99 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 137.81 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 4.21 MB per minute for reads and 4.1 MB per minute for writes.
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”
 Details
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| 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 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Speech Recognition.)
The Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1 adds Automation support to the features of the previous version of the Speech SDK. You can now use the Win32 Speech API (SAPI) to develop speech applications with Visual B...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of sapisvr.exe, select a unique version for details.)
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
All file variations of sapisvr.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.73% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
9.09% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
4.55% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
4.55% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
4.55% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
4.55% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 72.73% of Speech Recognition.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
23.53% |
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| Dell |
23.53% |
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| Intel |
23.53% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
11.76% |
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| Toshiba |
11.76% |
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| Acer |
5.88% |
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