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%SystemRoot%\System32\Speech\Common\sapi.dll

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Jon


"alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:e61uWBXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I want to use TextToSpeech feature in my app. It is just a very raw idea. I
>am not sure if it is going to work for me the way I want to use it.
>
> Number one, I need an API for it, not UI. I need an exec. I will be able
> to find it on my own (if one exists) but I will appreciate if someone in
> the know will offer a helpful hand.
>
> Again, for me to use it I need an API, an executable file somewhere in
> Windows\System32 directory or elsewhere.
>
> The second question is much more important. I do not want this API to read
> simple texts. What I have in mind is the following. I've had a part of one
> of my applications monitoring Systems.Processes. Any executable running in
> the background is caught and its name is put in an Sql table. When this
> executable appears for the first time the date is recorded and placed in a
> separate field. Daily updates of this table are made.
>
> So far I have been examining this table only occasionally but I am
> planning to pay more attention to it. Also I want to write a piece of code
> which will catch the first appearance of a new guy and give me an audible
> message. I can make a generic message with SoundRecorder.exe but it would
> be fanciful to go one step further. I want this file name to be
> pronounced. An example: "A new exec has appeared. 'Its name is
> CAAntiSpyware."
> So, my question is (for a person with any experience): will it be able to
> handle gibberish like this? Some cases may be even worse.
>
> This is a somewhat primitive design but eventually I will monitor all
> sockets and do the same in terms of storing the names of who uses them and
> why. Over there analysis is more complicated and I want to have more
> control over the monitoring with audible messages.
>
>
> BTW, CAAntiSpyware.exe guy gives me creeps. I refused to renew their
> subscription when I switched to Vista. For those who followed I've
> explained my decision since I felt that Vista plus SB S&D offer sufficient
> protection. Somehow this guy ended up in my system anyway. On top of that
> it is not listed among programs what I can uninstall. I remember vaguely
> that a popup showed up saying that I was delinquent on their wonderful
> subscription and if I wanted to renew it. I clicked NO. Apparently CA knew
> in advance what to expect since their sales perhaps have gone down. They
> left no option for their cra*p to be rejected. Now I will have to deal
> with this scam. Spybot S&D did not recognize it as malware and MS
> Malicious Software Removal Tool seemed to have ignored it too.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>