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Speech Engine problem

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When I click on the “Speech” Control Panel applet I get this:

“The requested task cannot be carried out because the necessary engine could not be created. Please select a different engine and/or a different audio device.”

Once in speech properties nothing works. Then when I hit Cancel to close Speech properties I get this:

“RUNDLL
An exception occurred while trying to run “C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\sapi.cpl”,Speech”.

And speech recognition does not work.

Anyone?

Thanks,
John

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I don’t know if it’s related but I also cannot start the “Human Interface Device Access” Service. It says: “Error2:The System could not find the specified file”.

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Which audio device is it attempting to use?

I would recommend using the steps in this Microsoft Technical article to remove the speech function and then reinstall it.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306537

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Thanks so much I had just about given up on that.

Problem solved.

Thanks,
John

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Easy Fix

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Had the same problem. After a day of racking my brain I discovered that the sapi.dll was not registered.
Click Start>Run
Type
regsvr32 “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\sapi.dll”

Click OK
That should do it

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