Rob's Response Point

Updating speech samples for beta 2

When beta 1 shipped, we published this article in MSDN Magazine.

We've made some minor tweaks to the API for beta 2, and I figure what better way to illustrate them than to walk through the samples in that article and update them for beta 2.

First, the install.  I installed two pieces of software:

1. Vista beta 2.
2. Visual C# Express Edition

I didn't need to install WinFX (it's part of Vista and installed by default in beta 2).  I didn't need to install the SDK.

One of the most frequently asked questions in beta 1 was "how on Earth do I add a reference to System.Speech?".  The answer then was to first install the SDK, then add a reference to "Speech", not "System.Speech".  Ack!  Sorry about that.  It now works as it should.  I just went into the "Add Reference" dialog in VC# and double clicked on System.Speech.

Today's updated sample is the first sythnesis sample from the article.  The only real change is that we dropped "SpeakText()" and overloaded "Speak()" to take a string.  Pretty simple.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Speech.Synthesis;
namespace Synth_sample_1
{
   class Program
   {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
         synth.SelectVoice("Microsoft Anna");
         synth.Speak("Speak text has been replaced by an overload on speak.");
      }
   }
}

Well, that's all for today.  More soon...