VB - Text to Speech - SpeechLib

[wiz126]

1. make a textbox "text1"
2. make command button "Command1"
3. press ctrl +t
4. scroll down till you find direction text to speech "DirectSS1"
5. add this code

Private Sub Command1_Click()
DirectSS1.Speak Text1.Text
End Sub

[Hack]

It might be helpful to state what libraries/references are needed for your routine.

And, if they are not included with native VB, where to get them.

[Mark Gambo]

You will need to reference the Microsoft Speech Object Library.


see this link

[Mark Gambo]

i din't see whats the point it works in 15 of my computer in his computer lab

Your 15 lab computers probably loads this library as a default when VB6 loadeds. Most people only load references/components that the particular project needs and I don't know many applications that would use this reference. Just my two cents.

[shirazamod]

This is awesome, Well done wiz126!

[BrianHawley]

Anybody know if it can handle unicode strings? e.g. Arabic, Hebrew etc?

If not, could probably write a module to 'translate' the strings phonetically into Ascii.

[eimroda]

Great! but can we control the speed it reads the text?

[dglienna]

Sure, if you type SP. you get Intellisense, which has RATE.
I tried it from 0 to 10, and 0 is normal. Then I tried negative numbers, and they work also.