[RESOLVED] text to voice

[georgesutfin]

Hello, I am using text to voice (sapi) for the first time. I have a working program to help kids with their spelling. It says the word, you type in the word, it checks the spelling. The issue I am having is the audio part, at best it is hard to understand. Is this the nature of the beast or can I improve the sound?
Thanks
George

PS Anyone wanting this program should let me know

[jmcilhinney]

It's probably a bit late to do anything about it now but SAPI has not been the first choice for .NET developers for a long time.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/arc...nthesis-in-net
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dot...tframework-4.8

[georgesutfin]

thanks

[peterst]

From similar thread:

... There is Speech library in .NET you can use like this:

Imports System.Speech.Synthesis
 
...
...
Dim synth As New SpeechSynthesizer
synth.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice()
synth.Speak("Some text...")
...
...

About the async routines, the same library has async versions, but you have to declare synth variable outside the routines:

Imports System.Speech.Synthesis
 
Private _synth As New SpeechSynthesizer
 
Private Sub SpeakText(byval text as String)
    _synth.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice()
    _synth.SpeakAsync(text)
End Sub
 
Private Sub StopSpeaking()
    If _synth.State = SynthesizerState.Speaking Then
        _synth.SpeakAsyncCancelAll()
    End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub DoWork()
....
....
    SpeakText("Some text...")
....
....
End Sub

[georgesutfin]

I went to the website provided by jmcilhinney and ran the code through a converter.

 Imports System.Speech.Synthesis
Namespace KeepTalking
    Class Program
        Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            Dim synthesizer = New SpeechSynthesizer()
            synthesizer.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice()
            synthesizer.Speak("All we need to do is to make sure we keep talking")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

I get two errors. the first is in this line Imports System.Speech.Synthesis.
The second is here Dim synthesizer = New SpeechSynthesizer()
Any help would be most apprecated.
Thanks
George

[boops boops]

Add a reference to System.Speech.

If you're not sure how to do that:
1. In Solution Explorer, right click on the Project name.
2. Click References
3. Click Assemblies
4. Scroll to find System.Speech, and check the box next to it.

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[georgesutfin]

Thank you
I was able to make it work!
George