Remove Speech Recognition
Speech Recognition should be removed if it isn’t being used.
Speech Recognition is a text service that ships with Windows XP that allows you to use a input device, such as a microphone, to speak text rather than type it in. As with Handwriting Recognition, if you aren’t using any handwriting devices, you should remove this option, since it requires computer memory and other resources and may affect performance.
To remove Speech Recognition:
1. Click Start | Control Panel | Regional And Language Options.
(If you’re in Category view, you’ll need to select Date, Time,
Language, And Regional Options first.)
2. On the Languages tab, under Text Services And Input Languages,
click Details.
3. Under Installed Services, select Speech Recognition for each
language for which it is not needed (you may only have one
language configured), and click Remove.