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  It is not clear to me why you are using the SDK, but...tht comes with documentation that covers all of that. You can either hardcode the attributes, or read then from an XML file.

  However, Speech API is already included in the .NET framework using the assembly System.Speech (System.Speech.Synthesis) Here is a link to the VoiceInfo class that you would use to program those attributes:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.speech.synthesis.voiceinfo.aspx

   

  Monday, September 27, 2010 4:41 PM
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  It is not clear to me why you are using the SDK, but...tht comes with documentation that covers all of that. You can either hardcode the attributes, or read then from an XML file.

  However, Speech API is already included in the .NET framework using the assembly System.Speech (System.Speech.Synthesis ) Here is a link to the VoiceInfo class that you would use to program those attributes:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.speech.synthesis.voiceinfo.aspx

   

  
  Thanks.

  Gender,Age culture and all other are readonly properties, How can I set them as I need?

   

   

  Monday, September 27, 2010 6:45 PM
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  You can change that using a PromptBuilder. Here is a sample....however, be aware that XP, for example...only has one voice on my machine, which is MS Sam, a male voice. (So, I can ask for a female voice, but...I will not get one.)

      Dim speak As New SpeechSynthesizer
      Dim prompt As New PromptBuilder()
      Dim pstyle As New PromptStyle(PromptEmphasis.Strong)
  
      prompt.StartVoice(VoiceGender.Female, VoiceAge.Child)
      prompt.AppendText("This is a test.")
      prompt.StartStyle(pstyle)
      prompt.AppendText("This is emphasized.")
      prompt.EndStyle()
      prompt.AppendText("This is not emphasized.")
      prompt.EndVoice()
  
      Try
        speak.Speak(prompt)
  
      Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show("Exception in TestIt." & vbCrLf & _
                ex.Message & vbCrLf & ex.StackTrace, _
                Application.ProductName, _
                MessageBoxButtons.OK, _
                MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
      End Try
  
  

  • Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:44 AM
  • Marked as answer by Just Karl Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:53 PM

  Monday, September 27, 2010 7:25 PM
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  Thank you, above is helpful.

  Please tell me how can I use different culture voice styles like Indian has different English style, chines and German has different English with different style. I know and tried below, but it did not work as I am saying.

  Thank you

  prompt.StartVoice(CulterInfo)
  
  

  Monday, September 27, 2010 10:54 PM
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  I have noticed that after playing code, the quality of voice is not good. It clearly shows, it is not human. I tried code with desktop and web too. OS is winXP

  Any advise?

  Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:34 AM
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  Other places to ask (depending on your context)...

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowssdk/threads/

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/threads

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/kinectsdkaudioapi/threads

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/threads

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsmobiledev/threads

  Thanks!

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  • Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, April 2, 2013 5:57 PM
  • Edited by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, April 2, 2013 6:00 PM
  • Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:01 PM

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