Gets or sets the culture information for the PromptBuilder object.
Namespace:
Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly:
Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)
Syntax
| Visual Basic (Declaration) |
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Public Property Culture As CultureInfo Get Set |
| Visual Basic (Usage) |
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Dim instance As PromptBuilder Dim value As CultureInfo value = instance.Culture instance.Culture = value |
| C# |
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public CultureInfo Culture { get; set; } |
Remarks
The Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11 accepts all valid language-country codes as values for Culture. For a given language code specified in the Culture property, a speech synthesis engine that supports that language code must be installed to correctly pronounce words in the specified language.
If the Culture property specifies only a language code, (such as "en" for English or "es" for Spanish), and not a country/region code, then any installed speech synthesis voice that expresses support for that generic, region-independent language may produce acceptable pronunciations for words in the specified language. See Language Identifier Constants and Strings for a comprehensive list of language codes.
 Note |
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Speech synthesis is often referred to as text-to-speech or TTS. An installed TTS engine is also referred to as a voice. A language pack for speech synthesis contains a TTS engine, or voice. |
The Microsoft Speech Platform Runtime 11 and Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11 do not include any engines for speech synthesis in a specific language. You must download a language pack (an engine for speech synthesis in a specific language) for each language in which you want to generate synthesized speech.
The language packs are different for each version of the Speech Platform Runtime. You must download the language pack version that matches the version of the Speech Platform Runtime that you have installed. The language packs for the Speech Platform SDK 11 are for server-based applications and are different than the languages that ship with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Use the following links to download the version of the server language packs that match your Speech Platform Runtime version:
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