Note
Please see Azure Cognitive Services for Speech documentation for the latest supported speech solutions.
SpeechSynthesizer.Speak Method (PromptBuilder)
Synchronously speaks the contents of a PromptBuilder object.
Namespace: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly: Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub Speak ( _
promptBuilder As PromptBuilder _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SpeechSynthesizer
Dim promptBuilder As PromptBuilder
instance.Speak(promptBuilder)
public void Speak(
PromptBuilder promptBuilder
)
Parameters
- promptBuilder
Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis.PromptBuilder
The content to speak.
Remarks
To asynchronously speak the contents of a PromptBuilder object, use SpeakAsync(PromptBuilder).
Examples
The following example creates a PromptBuilder object from a string and passes the object as an argument to the Speak(PromptBuilder) method.
using System;
using Microsoft.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.SetOutputToWaveFile(@"C:\Test\Song.wav");
// Create a SoundPlayer instance to play the output audio file.
System.Media.SoundPlayer m_SoundPlayer =
new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"C:\Test\Song.wav");
// Create a PromptBuilder object and append a text string.
PromptBuilder song = new PromptBuilder();
song.AppendText("Say the name of the song you want to hear");
// Speak the contents of the prompt synchronously and play the output file.
synth.Speak(song);
m_SoundPlayer.Play();
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}