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Speech Synthesis demo
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<Window x:Class="SoundAndVideo.SpeechSynthesis"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="SpeechSynthesis" Height="300" Width="300">
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Name="txtWords" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" TextWrapping="Wrap">Hello, world</TextBox>
<Button Margin="5" Grid.Row="1" Click="cmdSpeak_Click">Speak</Button>
<Button Margin="5" Grid.Row="2" Click="cmdPromptTest_Click">Prompt Test</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
//File:Window.xaml.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Speech.Synthesis;
namespace SoundAndVideo
{
public partial class SpeechSynthesis : System.Windows.Window
{
public SpeechSynthesis()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void cmdSpeak_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
SpeechSynthesizer synthesizer = new SpeechSynthesizer();
synthesizer.Speak(txtWords.Text);
}
private void cmdPromptTest_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
PromptBuilder prompt = new PromptBuilder();
prompt.AppendText("A");
prompt.AppendBreak(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
prompt.AppendText("A ", PromptEmphasis.Reduced);
PromptStyle style = new PromptStyle();
style.Rate = PromptRate.ExtraSlow;
style.Emphasis = PromptEmphasis.Strong;
prompt.StartStyle(style);
prompt.AppendText("B ");
prompt.EndStyle();
prompt.AppendText("C?");
SpeechSynthesizer synthesizer = new SpeechSynthesizer();
synthesizer.Speak(prompt);
}
}
}
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