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How to: Monitor Speech Server with Task Manager

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Task Manager provides a current view of running programs and processes and their impact on system and network resources. With Task Manager, you can watch the Speech Server processes and determine whether the impact on system resources is consistent with your expectations.

Task Manager provides key information on the following tabs:

  • The Processes tab displays each running process, the percentage of CPU that the process is using, and the amount of memory the process is occupying.
  • The Performance tab displays the aggregate CPU and memory usage.
  • The Networking tab displays network activity on the computer's network interface card (NIC).

Use the information in Task Manager to get a general gauge of overall system health, such as determining whether the Speech Server processes are still active and the network interfaces are active.

Monitoring Speech Server with Task Manager

To monitor Speech Server with Task Manager

  1. Click Start, click Run, type taskmgr, and then click OK.

  2. Click the Processes tab to see the Speech Server processes running on the computer.

    The main Speech Server processes to watch are:

    • SpeechService.exe
    • SESWorker.exe (active process)
    • SESWorker.exe (idle process)
    • Microsoft.SpeechServer.TAP.exe
    • TIMCWorker.exe (if Telephony Interface Manager Connector is installed)

  3. Click the Performance tab to see the CPU and memory activity.

    If the computer has more than one CPU, the display is split showing the activity on each CPU.

  4. Click the Networking tab to see the activity on the NIC.

    If the computer has more than one NIC, the display is split showing the activity on each card.