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ISpVoice::SetRate (SAPI 5.3)

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Microsoft Speech API 5.3

ISpVoice::SetRate

ISpVoice::SetRate retrieves the current text rendering rate adjustment. The default rate for a voice is set through Speech properties in Control Panel.

  
    HRESULT SetRate(
   long   RateAdjust
);

Parameters

  • RateAdjust
    [in] Value specifying the speaking rate of the voice. Supported values range from -10 to 10 - values outside this range may be truncated.

Return values

Value
S_OK
E_INVALIDARG

Remarks

Voices do not all have the same default rate.

The granularity of the rate is engine dependent.

Applications can adjust the rate of a voice either through this function call, or through XML passed to the voice with the input text of a speak call. See the XML TTS Tutorial for more details. The voice should combine rate adjustments made in these two ways to arrive at a final rate.