Using Windows 7 for Speech Server Development
For those who may think that Windows 7 can't be used to develop Speech Server 2007 applications, I have found it can work. Below are the steps I took to install Speech Server on a fresh install of Windows 7.
1. Follow all the instructions explicitly for Windows Vista in the ReleaseNotes.htm file that is in the OCS2007SpeechServer folder.
2. One of the steps has you install the Visual Studio 2005 Update for Windows Vista. It does apply to Windows 7
3. Don't do like I tried to do and install the Hotfix for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 It is only for Windows Server 2003 and XP.
4. Be sure to follow very carefully the install for IIS and MSMQ on WIndows Vista. This also takes the place of the step Entitled "To Enable Integrated Windows Authentication."
5. All other steps are self-explanitory.
6. The last thing you will do after you have installed at least one Language is to install the Speech Server Cumulative Update. This gets rid of the Red X problem and a few other things. This update cannot be update directly by running .MSP file. Because of the security involved, you must run this install as administrator. The problem is that if you right-click on the file to choose run as administrator, that option is not found. So what I did was create a simple .BAT file in notepad, added the path to the file, and then ran the batch file with the Run As Administrator option selected.
That's it. There is nothing more to do. I have test speech server and ran and edited apps already created in Vista and XP.
So now the only remaining question is, does Microsoft officially support the use of Speech Server development in Windows 7? To date, I have not heard, but at least for now I suspect not.