I've been looking into the inner workings of Longhorn 4074, and have discovered there's much more here than meets the eye (or keyboard). I'm sure a lot of this is under wraps because it's not MS' way to put forth something that's not usable yet (see the hidden windows manager command for an example of this -- it's cool, but it's not working for all video cards, slow, etc...but still in development).
The c:\windows\microsoft.net\windows\v6.0.4030\ folder contains some gems... For those who regularly read my blog, you know just how much the Longhorn Speech API is intriguing me. Enter "MS.Internal.Hoolie.dll". Extended information teases "Microsoft Managed Speech Desktop SpeechServices", but the real gems are exposed with Lutz Roeder's Reflector (I just can't say enough about that little tool; every developer I know of extols the virtues of that app).
By looking inside this dll, I found icons and methods, and windows, and alternate spellings etc. for a speech interface. In fact, by digging further, I believe "Hoolie" is the codename this windows component is going by. There is in fact an install file at "C:\windows\inf\hoolie.inf". I just wonder how to install it in 4074, if it's even possible...
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