Prompt Constructors

Definition

Namespace:

System.Speech.Synthesis

Assembly:

System.Speech.dll

Package:

System.Speech v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Creates a new instance of the Prompt class.

Overloads

Prompt(PromptBuilder)	Creates a new instance of the Prompt class from a PromptBuilder object.
Prompt(String)	Creates a new instance of the Prompt class and specifies the text to be spoken.
Prompt(String, SynthesisTextFormat)	Creates a new instance of the Prompt class and specifies the text to be spoken and whether its format is plain text or markup language.

Prompt(PromptBuilder)

Source:

Prompt.cs

Creates a new instance of the Prompt class from a PromptBuilder object.

public Prompt (System.Speech.Synthesis.PromptBuilder promptBuilder);

Parameters

promptBuilder

PromptBuilder

The content to be spoken.

Prompt(String)

Source:

Prompt.cs

Creates a new instance of the Prompt class and specifies the text to be spoken.

public Prompt (string textToSpeak);

Parameters

textToSpeak

String

The text to be spoken.

Examples

The following example creates a Prompt object from a string and passes the object as an argument to the Speak method.

using System;  
using System.Speech.Synthesis;  

namespace SampleSynthesis  
{  
  class Program  
  {  
    static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  

      // Initialize a new instance of the SpeechSynthesizer.  
      using (SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer())  
      {  

        // Configure the audio output.   
        synth.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice();  

        // Create a prompt from a string.  
        Prompt color = new Prompt("What is your favorite color?");  

        // Speak the contents of the prompt synchronously.  
        synth.Speak(color);  
      }  

      Console.WriteLine();  
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");  
      Console.ReadKey();  
    }  
  }  
}  

Prompt(String, SynthesisTextFormat)

Source:

Prompt.cs

Creates a new instance of the Prompt class and specifies the text to be spoken and whether its format is plain text or markup language.

public Prompt (string textToSpeak, System.Speech.Synthesis.SynthesisTextFormat media);

Parameters

textToSpeak

String

The text to be spoken.

media

SynthesisTextFormat

A value that specifies the format of the text.

Examples

The following example builds a string that contains SSML markup, creates a Prompt object from the string, and speaks the prompt.

using System;  
using System.Speech.Synthesis;  

namespace SampleSynthesis  
{  
  class Program  
  {  
    static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  

      // Initialize a new instance of the SpeechSynthesizer.  
      using (SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer())  
      {  

        // Configure the audio output.   
        synth.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice();  

        // Build an SSML prompt in a string.  
        string fileName = "<speak version=\"1.0\" ";  
        fileName += "xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis\" ";  
        fileName += "xml:lang=\"en-US\">";  
        fileName += "Say a name for the new file <mark name=\"fileName\" />.";  
        fileName += "</speak>";  

        // Create a Prompt object from the string.  
        Prompt ssmlFile = new Prompt(fileName, SynthesisTextFormat.Ssml);  

        // Speak the contents of the SSML prompt.  
        synth.Speak(ssmlFile);  
      }  

      Console.WriteLine();  
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");  
      Console.ReadKey();  
    }  
  }  
}  

Remarks

The contents of the textToSpeak parameter must include a speak element and must conform to the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0. For more information, see Speech Synthesis Markup Language Reference.