com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond using significant memory

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com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond using significant memory

I noticed the process "com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond" is using a significant amount of memory steadily hovering around 1 GB. I've yet to determe if this is normal. I turned Dictation off hoping to decrease the memory usage but it had no effect. Rebooted afterward and still no improvement. I first noticed this tonight. Formatted my Mac and reinstalled everything a couple of months ago so this is still a fairly fresh install. Is anyone else experiencing this? Surely there's a way to decrease the memory usage of speech recognition for users who don't utilize it.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 24, 2014 9:32 PM

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Bharilall

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May 5, 2017 3:54 PM in response to mybrainishuge

Set Dictation to "Off" and restart your computer. Fixed the issue for me.

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Sep 22, 2014 8:37 PM in response to mybrainishuge

Has there been any solution to this issue? I am running the most recent version of Mavericks and am experiencing this issue. I submitted a bug report to Apple yesterday in hopes that this can be resolved.

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Oct 28, 2014 5:27 AM in response to mybrainishuge

I'm seeing this too – even when Dictation is off. It can be killed in the terminal, apparently with no ill effect, but I can't guarantee it:

killall -9 com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond

PS: see this thread for an applescript to toggle Dictation on and off and kill the daemon when off:

Re: Re: Start dictation with applescript

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Oct 29, 2014 6:15 AM in response to Loren Ryter

another observation: even with Dictation and Enhanced Dictation off, if you leave the pref pane for Dictation & Speech open, the process will re-spawn anyway. So don't open it. 🙂

Here's another 2 relevant threads:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/120039/why-does-speech-recognition-take -up-1-gm-or-ram-suddenly-and-gmail-in-safari-73/

http://www.mcelhearn.com/os-x-10-9-mavericks-enhanced-dictation-is-a-memory-hog- and-doesnt-work-very-well/

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Oct 30, 2014 4:19 PM in response to Loren Ryter

In System Preferences I deselected Use Enhanced Dictation, switched dictation off, turned the shortcut off, and selected line in for the microphone. It's been over an hour and the process hasn't re-spawned yet, even though I've had the System Prefs window open at Dictation & Speech.

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Oct 31, 2014 3:28 AM in response to Lloyd Deane

Is line in connected to anything on your rig? I wonder if that makes a difference. Mine was set to display audio. And the process re-spawned with all other settings the same and pane open, within probably 5 or 10 mins.