[Bug 35008] Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.0 fails to run, complains about 'Can't Find Speech.dll' (SAPI 4.x)

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35008

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
            Version|unspecified                 |1.4.1
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID
            Summary|Dragon NaturallySpeaking    |Dragon NaturallySpeaking
                   |12.0                        |12.0 fails to run,
                   |                            |complains about 'Can't Find
                   |                            |Speech.dll' (SAPI 4.x)

--- Comment #4 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> ---
Hello folks,

the backtrace shows this is a dupe of bug 35432

--- snip ---
Unhandled exception: page fault on execute access to 0x8000000a in 32-bit code
(0x8000000a).
Register dump:
 CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
 EIP:8000000a ESP:0033fce4 EBP:0033fcf8 EFLAGS:00010246(  R- --  I  Z- -P- )
 EAX:00000001 EBX:7ed89000 ECX:00000000 EDX:00000000
 ESI:bfda72f4 EDI:00000000
Stack dump:
0x0033fce4:  00000000 00000000 0000003c 7ed89000
0x0033fcf4:  7ed89000 0033fd58 7ed76f70 00110b18
0x0033fd04:  00000054 0033fdb8 00000001 00000100
0x0033fd14:  00000100 00002710 00000000 00110944
0x0033fd24:  00000080 00000054 0000041d 00111c80
0x0033fd34:  7ed89000 0033fd58 7ed760e3 00110940
Backtrace:
=>0 0x8000000a (0x0033fcf8)
  1 0x7ed76f70 service_start+0x29f() in services (0x0033fd58)
  2 0x7ed754e0 in services (+0x154df) (0x0033fdc8)
  3 0x7ed772af main+0xb0() in services (0x0033fe08)
  4 0x7ed83460 in services (+0x2345f) (0x0033fe40)
  5 0x7b861d48 call_process_entry+0xb() in kernel32 (0x0033fe58)
...
0x8000000a: addb    %al,0x0(%eax)
Modules:
Module    Address            Debug info    Name (24 modules)
ELF    7b800000-7ba43000    Dwarf           kernel32<elf>
  \-PE    7b810000-7ba43000    \               kernel32
ELF    7bc00000-7bce3000    Dwarf           ntdll<elf>
  \-PE    7bc10000-7bce3000    \               ntdll
ELF    7bf00000-7bf04000    Dwarf           <wine-loader>
...
Threads:
process  tid      prio (all id:s are in hex)
...
0000003f (D) C:\windows\system32\services.exe
    00000045    0
    00000029    0
    00000047    0 <==
--- snip ---

But the initial comment talks about an entirely different problem.
Don't do that.
Missing 'speech.dll' is described here:

https://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2304/~/cant-find-speech.dll-error-appears-while-installing-dns-5

https://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3838/kw/4.0.4.2512/r_id/100023

--- quote ---
Some Dragon NaturallySpeaking programs rely on an earlier version of the speech
API file (SAPI 4.x) for speech functionality. Windows XP is packaged with a
later version of the speech file (SAPI 5.0). During installation, the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking installer interprets Windows XP as Windows NT.

Since Windows NT has the proper speech.dll component, the installer skips this
part of the installation process. However, Windows XP does not have speech.dll
installed. As a result, Dragon NaturallySpeaking does not work.

Complete the following procedure to resolve the issue:

    Close any open windows or programs and return to the desktop.
    Uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking if it is already installed.
    Insert the Dragon NaturallySpeaking CD into any drive.
    Double-click the "My Computer" icon.
    Right-click the drive that contains the NaturallySpeaking CD and choose
"Open" from the menu that appears.
    Double-click the "Redist" folder.
    Double-click SPCHAPI.EXE in the window that appears.
    Follow the prompts to install these files.
    When the installation is complete, close any open windows and return to the
desktop.
    Reboot.
    Double-click the "My Computer" icon.
    Double-click the drive that contains the NaturallySpeaking CD.
    If the installer does not load automatically, double-click SETUP.EXE in the
window that appears.
    Follow the prompts to reinstall NaturallySpeaking.
--- quote ---

So what do we have here:

* dupe of bug 35432 (backtrace)
* invalid -> installer/app bug about SAPI 4.x
* abandon -> OP didn't bother to respond further

Selecting 'INVALID'.

Regards

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