This programming guide provides an introduction to developing speech applications for Windows Server using the Microsoft.Speech namespaces in the Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11.

The concepts and examples presented in this documentation will show you how to incorporate speech recognition and speech synthesis (text-to-speech or TTS) into applications running on Windows Server. We recommend that you read the sections titled Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition before beginning a speech application.

In the section titled Speech Recognition (Microsoft.Speech), you will find discussion and examples that will help you accomplish the following:

• Create grammars

• Initialize and manage a speech recognition engine

• Interpret the results returned by a speech recognition engine

• Work with speech recognition events

The section titled Speech Synthesis (Microsoft.Speech) includes concepts and examples that will help you accomplish the following:

• Author content for TTS

• Generate speech in your application

• Select and modify a voice

• Work with speech synthesis events

In addition, you will find reference sections to industry-standard XML markup languages including speech recognition, speech synthesis, semantics, and pronunciation lexicons, as supported by the Speech Platform SDK 11.

• Benefits of Using the Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11

• What's New in the Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11

• Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11 Requirements and Installation

• Speech Recognition (Microsoft.Speech)

• Speech Synthesis (Microsoft.Speech)

• Language Support

• Lexicons and Phonetic Alphabets (Microsoft.Speech)

• Speech Glossary (Microsoft.Speech)

This programming guide includes links to documentation for specific classes and members of the Microsoft.Speech namespaces. You can find detailed documentation of all the classes and members of the Microsoft.Speech namespaces at the links listed below.

• Microsoft.Speech

  Gives applications control over loading resources.

• Microsoft.Speech.AudioFormat

  Contains the types that specify the audio format used in speech recognition.

• Microsoft.Speech.Recognition

  Contains the types for implementing speech recognition in an application.

• Microsoft.Speech.Recognition.SrgsGrammar

  Contains managed code types that correspond to the elements and attributes of the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0.

• Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis

  Contains the types for implementing speech synthesis in an application.

• Microsoft.Speech.Text

  Represents the results of text normalization.