'.Ctfmon.exe monitors the active windows and provides text input service support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other alternative user input technologies.'ĭisabling Windows advanced text services from within Dragon NaturallySpeaking:ĭragon NaturallySpeaking provides the ability to disable CTFMON.exe directly from Administrative Settings dialog. The following information was taken from the Microsoft website: Microsoft Office XP's 'Alternate User Input' installs a background process called CTFMON.exe which can interfere with Dragon or ViaVoice. Other symptoms include Dragon NaturallySpeaking's Full Text Control (Select-and-Say) or ViaVoice's dictation and commands fail in Microsoft Office XP applications, such as Word and Microsoft Outlook. Dragon/ViaVoice locks up, freezes or Full Text Control (Select-and-Say) fails in Microsoft Office applicationsĪfter launching Dragon or ViaVoice and clicking a link in one of the menus, the system locks up or freezes.
