StartVoice Method (VoiceGender, VoiceAge, Int32)

Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11

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Instructs the synthesizer to change the voice in the PromptBuilder object and specifies its gender, age, and a preferred voice that matches the specified gender and age.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly:  Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Sub StartVoice ( _
	gender As VoiceGender, _
	age As VoiceAge, _
	voiceAlternate As Integer _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As PromptBuilder
Dim gender As VoiceGender
Dim age As VoiceAge
Dim voiceAlternate As Integer

instance.StartVoice(gender, age, voiceAlternate)
C#
public void StartVoice(
	VoiceGender gender,
	VoiceAge age,
	int voiceAlternate
)

Parameters

gender
Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis..::..VoiceGender

The gender of the voice to use.

age
Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis..::..VoiceAge

The age of the voice to use.

voiceAlternate
Type: System..::..Int32

An integer that specifies a preferred voice when more than one voice matches the gender and age parameters.

Remarks

A speech synthesis engine counts the matches it finds for the specified parameters, and returns the voice when the count equals the voiceAlternate parameter.

Use the GetInstalledVoices()()()() methods and VoiceInfo class to obtain the names and attributes of installed text-to-speech (TTS) voices that you can select.

See Also

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