[C++/WinRT] How to use SpeechSynthesizer in UWP

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elvisxia asked · Oct 30, 2019 at 06:45 AM

[C++/WinRT] How to use SpeechSynthesizer in UWP

I would like to implement the text to speech feature in my app. I see there are docs on how to do this here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.media.speechsynthesis.speechsynthesizer .

However the example does not compile on a modern winrt app.

 // The object for controlling the speech synthesis engine (voice).
 synth = ref new SpeechSynthesizer();
 // The media object for controlling and playing audio.
 media = ref new MediaElement();
 // The string to speak.
 String^ text = "Hello World";
    
 // Generate the audio stream from plain text.
 task speakTask = create_task(synth- >SynthesizeTextToStreamAsync(text));
 speakTask.then([this, text](SpeechSynthesisStream ^speechStream)
 {
     // Send the stream to the media object.
     // media === MediaElement XAML object.
     media->SetSource(speechStream, speechStream->ContentType);
     media->AutoPlay = true;
     media->Play();
 });

How can this example be adapted to work in a modern c++ winrt uwp app?

windows-uwp windows-uwp-runtime

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Answer 1 · 2019-10-31T01:29:40.937Z

RoyLi-MSFT answered · Oct 31, 2019 at 01:29 AM

Hello,

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Since calling the SynthesizeTextToStreamAsync() method will start an asynchronous operation, in C++/Winrt you need to write a co_await statement to cooperatively await the result of any function that returns the asynchronous operation. Besides, if the asynchronous method does not communicate a result object or ongoing progress, you need to use IAsyncAction to be the return type. For more information about how to use asynchronous operation in C++/Winrt, you can refer to Concurrency and asynchronous operations with C++/WinRT.

The correct code will be the following:

 .h
 private:
       Windows::Foundation::IAsyncAction playsound();
    
 .cpp
 Windows::Foundation::IAsyncAction MainPage::playsound() {
         synth = Windows::Media::SpeechSynthesis::SpeechSynthesizer();
    
         media = Windows::UI::Xaml::Controls::MediaElement();
    
         // The string to speak.
    
         hstring text = L"Hello World";
    
         Windows::Media::SpeechSynthesis::SpeechSynthesisStream speechStream = co_await synth.SynthesizeTextToStreamAsync(text);
    
         media.SetSource(speechStream, speechStream.ContentType());
    
         media.AutoPlay(true);
    
         media.Play();
     }

Besides, for more information about how to use the C++/Winrt in UWP, please check the following article:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/cpp-and-winrt-apis/.

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