Windows XP Professional Product Documentation > Customizing your computer > Using handwriting or speech recognition

To remove handwriting recognition

1.	Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
2.	On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
3.	Under Installed services, click Handwriting Recognition under the language for which you want to remove it, and then click Remove.

Note

•	To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.
•	Remove handwriting recognition if you are not using it, because it uses computer memory and can slow performance.
•	Removing handwriting recognition does not delete it from your computer, it only removes it as an available text service and prevents it from being loaded into memory. You can add it again at any time.
•	To remove the handwriting recognition engine from the hard disk, follow the instructions in the program with which it was installed, or use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.

Related Topics

•	Turn text services off or on
•	Remove a text service
•	Add handwriting recognition
•	Using speech and handwriting to insert text