Dragon 64 bit initialization fails with invalid audio device error

The information in this article applies to:

• SpeechKit 6

Symptoms

Enabling a vocabulary via SAPI 4 interface with Dragon 64 bit edition fails with an invalid audio device error.

Cause

This may occur with SAPI 4 access to Dragon since audio devices are managed differently under Vista and Windows 7 and the default device settings may not be compatible.

Status

Fixed in SpeechKit 6 build 6.0.6.0.

Component Formats Impacted

All component formats.