Text To Speech

AlexB wrote:
> 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.

Have you tried any of these?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...inityDownloads

>
> "Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
> news:e0oNQHYeIHA.4852@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Try
>>
>> %SystemRoot%\System32\Speech\Common\sapi.dll
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>>>


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In article <#m1sedYeIHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>,
alexB <alexb@comcast.net> wrote:
>Wharf rat, I doubt you've ever read any elementary book about computers.
>

Must be why I had so much trouble with my thesis. Hey, alex,
you big dummy:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...27(VS.85).aspx

"the wharf rat" <wrat@panix.com> wrote in message
news:fq4hql$1kn$1@reader2.panix.com...
> In article <e61uWBXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>,
> alexB <alexb@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>Again, for me to use it I need an API, an executable file somewhere in
>>Windows\System32 directory or elsewhere.
>
> An API is an application programming interface, a description of
> a programmatic interface to a library, set of libraries, or an entire
> application. It's not an application of itself.
>
> I think you're looking for a set of libraries (DLL's) NOT an
> executable...


The clueless idiot seems to think every part of the OS is an API.

ss.

Jon, I want to express my gratitude. You gave me a momentum. Your post
brought certain things into focus and I began paying attention.

It turned out to be very easy and doable.

First I thought of doing it in .vbs file and run it from my C# code but
there was a better way an MSDN guy suggested.

This is how it looks in C#

using SpeechLib;
// some code
public void textToSpeech ( string text )
{
SpVoice voice = new SpVoice ( );
voice.Speak ( text, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFlagsAsync );
voice.WaitUntilDone ( 30000 );
}

// some code
// An example of using the function call:
textToSpeech ( this.nodesAfterSearch.Count.ToString ( ) + " Records
Found" );

Parts of my code were simplified quite a bit. I now can delete a folder with
..wma and .wav files. Beofer I could not think of computer telling me the
numbers of itemd that were found in text or treeView. Now i is a piece of
cake. Viva MS! The options it offers to developers are incredible.

Thanks again, I appreciate it.

"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
news:ucUW3iaeIHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> "AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:e0q8tcaeIHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> P.S. Do you think the SAPI.spvoice will be able to pronounce
>> CAAntiSpyware? This is the most important question. If it will, I will
>> try yoour object for sure. there is little risk involved.
>
>
> Probably not, so I only say how I tend to use it.
>
> For example I have an email program that I wrote that tells me when an
> email arrives by voice. I may be out of the room, so the voice serves the
> purpose of alerting me to the fact that an email has arrived. Since the
> voice might be incomprehensible or I may not hear it from another room, it
> also pops up a dialog to show the me the finer details.
>
> So in your case you could perhaps use the voice to alert you to the fact
> that an odd process has been detected and have some dialog to show the
> actual details of the process.
>
> Anyhow, whatever you choose hope it goes well with your project.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
>
>

Yw Alex, and thanks for the update.

I agree it is a pretty incredible piece of technology, so hats off to the MS
developers for it. I've only really used in a fairly simple way thus far,
but is certainly has potential for some much more exciting applications -
when I get round to fully reading the documentation for it that is, of
course ;-)


--
Jon


"AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%230ELpD0eIHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Jon, I want to express my gratitude. You gave me a momentum. Your post
> brought certain things into focus and I began paying attention.
>
> It turned out to be very easy and doable.
>
> First I thought of doing it in .vbs file and run it from my C# code but
> there was a better way an MSDN guy suggested.
>
> This is how it looks in C#
>
> using SpeechLib;
> // some code
> public void textToSpeech ( string text )
> {
> SpVoice voice = new SpVoice ( );
> voice.Speak ( text, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFlagsAsync );
> voice.WaitUntilDone ( 30000 );
> }
>
> // some code
> // An example of using the function call:
> textToSpeech ( this.nodesAfterSearch.Count.ToString ( ) + " Records
> Found" );
>
> Parts of my code were simplified quite a bit. I now can delete a folder
> with .wma and .wav files. Beofer I could not think of computer telling me
> the numbers of itemd that were found in text or treeView. Now i is a piece
> of cake. Viva MS! The options it offers to developers are incredible.
>
> Thanks again, I appreciate it.
>
> "Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
> news:ucUW3iaeIHA.532@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:e0q8tcaeIHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> P.S. Do you think the SAPI.spvoice will be able to pronounce
>>> CAAntiSpyware? This is the most important question. If it will, I will
>>> try yoour object for sure. there is little risk involved.
>>
>>
>> Probably not, so I only say how I tend to use it.
>>
>> For example I have an email program that I wrote that tells me when an
>> email arrives by voice. I may be out of the room, so the voice serves the
>> purpose of alerting me to the fact that an email has arrived. Since the
>> voice might be incomprehensible or I may not hear it from another room,
>> it also pops up a dialog to show the me the finer details.
>>
>> So in your case you could perhaps use the voice to alert you to the fact
>> that an odd process has been detected and have some dialog to show the
>> actual details of the process.
>>
>> Anyhow, whatever you choose hope it goes well with your project.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>