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Speech Object

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Application
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Contains methods and properties that pertain to speech.

Using the Speech object

Use the Speech property of the Application object to return a Speech object.

Once a Speech object is returned, you can use the Speak method of Speech object to play back the contents of a string. In the following example, Microsoft Excel plays back "Hello". This example assumes speech features have been installed on the host system.

  Sub UseSpeech()

    Application.Speech.Speak "Hello"

End Sub()

Note   There is a speech feature in the setup tree that pertains to Dictation and Command & Control that does not have to be installed.