To disable the builtin speech recognition (Sapisvr.exe/ctfmon.exe) in Windows XP:
- Press Start-button, Settings and open Control Panel
- Double click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options
- Choose the Languages-tab and click Details in the Text services and input languages-box
- Click the Language Bar in the Preferences-box
- Unchek the Extend support of advanced text services to all programs-box
- Check the Turn off advanced text services-box
- This should be reflected with these registry entries:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \CTF]
Disable Thread Input Manager = 1
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \CTF \Langbar]
ExtraIconsOnMinimized = 0
ShowStatus = 2
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \CTF \MSUTB]
ShowDeskBand = 1
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To uninstall speech recognition (ctfmon.exe) from MS Office (All Windows versions):
- Quit all Office programs
- Press Start-button, Settings and open Control Panel
- In the Control Panel double click Add/Remove Programs-applet
- On the Install/Uninstall-tab and select Microsoft Office ???? Product and press Add/Remove
- In the Maintenance Mode Options-dialog choose Add or Remove Features and click Next
- In the Choose installation options for all Office applications and tools-dialog expand Office Shared Features
- Set Alternative User Input to Not Available and click Update
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