Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Speech Application Programming Interface
     
         (SAPI) {Microsoft}'s standard {API}
        for speech synthesis and {speech recognition} in {Windows 95}.
        The idea is to let developers try out and use various
        low-level speech software from any number of verndors, while
        retaining the same API.
     
        Mike Rozak is the lead of the SAPI project at Microsoft.
        Numerous major speech vendors have announced SAPI-support
        plans.  {SRAPI}, the competing speech recognition API by
        {Lotus}/WordPerfect, is fast becoming obsolete.
     
        (1996-03-04)