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Surreal Studio IanG
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Posted: 3rd Nov 2003 22:17
Is there a dll that makes you able to type text in, and the text you type in is then read out in a computer simulated voice.

thanks in advance.

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Posted: 3rd Nov 2003 23:02 Edited at: 3rd Nov 2003 23:05
there was a hidden command in dbc called "talk" or something like that which used a windows voice to say what you wanted, but it didn't work for me so i'd imagine u cud call a .dll to do that.
#edit in fact tca has a plugin/.dll for this check out his page
http://www.codingarea.co.uk/html/dll_s___plug-ins.html


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2003 23:14
xp and 2000 have a windows voice dll you could use - i forget the name

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Posted: 3rd Nov 2003 23:21
You cant use it directly, its a COM object.


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Surreal Studio IanG
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Posted: 4th Nov 2003 20:12
@TCA: is there any source code that you could post, because it confuses me?

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Posted: 4th Nov 2003 20:34
What confuses you ? My example code ? or COM objects ?


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Surreal Studio IanG
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Posted: 4th Nov 2003 21:36
@tca: well your .dll doesnt work on my computer and i get confused with all the technically speak *small brain alert*

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Posted: 4th Nov 2003 22:55
Probably because I haven't updated the example program to reflect the DLL... I should get one up and running shortly.


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Posted: 4th Nov 2003 22:59 Edited at: 4th Nov 2003 23:06
Okay, heres the updated example program :



You will, of course, need the constants file from my web site (that hasn't changed).

In order to use Speech, you need to make sure its fully working on your system first - if its not working/installed, you will need to download the system from Microsoft (the SDK is 200Mb, but the executables are 80Mb or so).


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Surreal Studio IanG
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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 20:33
@tca: could you post a link and explain wat the difference is between them

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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 21:30
Well, it should be on my web site now, same place, same example, same web site.

The main difference is that, due to complaints, I'm not storing the results in memory addresses now - they are return back directly.


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Surreal Studio IanG
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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 23:08
so which 1 should i get the 80 or 200 what is the difference?

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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 23:11
Well, you only need to download the speech system if you dont already have it.


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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 23:15
but which one - i dont have any at all and your program just puts text on the screen no sound which one?

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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 23:22 Edited at: 5th Nov 2003 23:24
Go for the smallest one - its actually 131.5Mb at http://www.microsoft.com/speech/download/old/sapi5.asp


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Posted: 5th Nov 2003 23:28
thanks, though i might still be downloading it in a weeks time, i hate 56k

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