Speech SAPI says "Blah"

[abs2003]

I am taking advantage of .NET framework 1.1 speech component. No matter what I try to get it to say, it only says "Blah"? Just like retarted computer.

 

[ThatRickGuy]

I downloaded the Speech Lib SDK from Microsoft, added a reference to it, and use the following code:

    Dim sApi As New SpeechLib.SpVoice()
    sApi.Speak(TextBox1.Text)
    sApi = Nothing

Works fine for me.

-Rick

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[abs2003]

ThatRickGuy,
Thankyou. I know it should be very simple to use. I think something is wring with my Speech lib. Do you have the link to download it?

 

[NoCoolHandle]

The problem was probably which voice you used.

If you use voice 1 2 or 3 it is understandable
voice 4 = bla bla bla - unless it is stating a number like 1 or 34.

It is very good at simple sounds. but most words don't come out as anything other than bla

Rob

 

[medicenpringles]

they actually make it say blah when it doesn't understand the word? wow. developers DO have a sense of humor.

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Enviroment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[ThatRickGuy]

I don't know it off the top of my head, but head to microsoft.com and search the downloads for 'Speech Lib SDK'

-Rick

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[abs2003]

No matter what text I feed to it - plain English word, it still says blah. I'm downloading the SDK right now. I will re-install and re-try it. Application like this makes me miss my decade old Comodore 64.