If there is no API I will have to do all the programming from scratch. It
will be a long way. This dll has not valid CLR header and therefore cannot
be disassembled. Neither Ildasm.exe nor Lutz Disassembler gave me anything.

This dll is rather small. it has only 4 functions. They are all generic.
They do not seem to have anything to do with speech by the sound of them. I
mean, they certainly do, otherwise they won't be there but they are not
something you can call at first call.

The Dependency Walker opened it up. It does not care about CLR headers.

It is all of course sort of irrelevant for this NG. But I hoped somebody
could have had direct experience with speech recognition and shed some light
on what interests me.

Thanks a lot for the pointer.

"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> Try
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> %SystemRoot%\System32\Speech\Common\sapi.dll
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> Jon
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> "alexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>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.
>>
>>
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