SpeechExec Enterprise Speech Recognition Server

SpeechExec Enterprise 9.1 Build 109.1.6.12 (01/2025)

All information in the Readme file is "last minute" and may overrule information in the SpeechExec Enterprise Speech Recognition Server user documentation.

Contents

  1. System requirements
  2. Supported operating systems
  3. Known problems and limitations

System requirements

SpeechExec Enterprise Speech Recognition Server requires the following hardware specifications to function properly:

Supported operating systems

SpeechExec Enterprise Speech Recognition Server supports the following operating systems:

All operating systems require to have the latest available Service Pack installed.

Note: The following operating systems are no longer supported:

SpeechExec Enterprise Speech Recognition Server also requires that you have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 installed. If it is not present on your system, it will be installed automatically during SpeechExec installation.

Note: For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 to be installed automatically, you must start the SpeechExec installation by launching the setup.exe. Depending on your PC, installing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 may take some time.

Windows Terminal Server/Citrix session must be run at least in Hi-Color (16-bit).

Known problems and limitations

Dictation input folder via Samba share

It is not supported to use a Samba share as incoming dictations’ input folder for the Speech Recognition Service. Speech Recognition Service listens to file creation and modification system events to maintain its queue of dictation files to be recognized. These file system events are not reliably sent for Samba shares. Please use a Windows share instead.

Dragon Server (SpeechKit) mode

Error message during speech recognition, error referring to Microsoft Edge data directory

When the Speech Recognition Server is performing speech recognition in Dragon Server (SpeechKit) mode, error messages might appear. Error message:

Microsoft Edge can't read and write to its data directory:
%directory_path%

However, recognition is successful. If the problem remains permanent, try the following workaround:


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