Note

Please see Azure Cognitive Services for Speech documentation for the latest supported speech solutions.

SpeechSynthesizer.SpeakSsml Method

Asynchronously speaks a String that contains SSML markup.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly:  Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub SpeakSsml ( _
    textToSpeak As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SpeechSynthesizer
Dim textToSpeak As String

instance.SpeakSsml(textToSpeak)
public void SpeakSsml(
    string textToSpeak
)

Parameters

Remarks

The contents of the textToSpeak parameter must include a speak element and must conform to the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0. For more information, see Speech Synthesis Markup Language Reference (Microsoft.Speech).

To asynchronously speak a string that contains SSML markup, use the SpeakSsmlAsync(String) method. You can use Speak(String) to initiate the synchronous speaking of a string that does not contain SSML markup.

During a call to this method, the SpeechSynthesizer can raise the following events:

  • StateChanged. Raised when the speaking state of the synthesizer changes.

  • SpeakStarted. Raised when the synthesizer begins generating speech.

  • SpeakProgress. Raised each time the synthesizer completes speaking a word.

  • BookmarkReached. Raised when the synthesizer encounters a bookmark in a prompt.

  • VoiceChange. Raised when the speaking voice for the synthesizer changes.

The SpeechSynthesizer does not raise the SpeakCompleted event while processing the SpeakSsml(String) method.

Examples

The following example speaks the date 1/29/2009 as a date, in month, day, year order.

using System;
using Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis;

namespace SampleSynthesis
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

      // Initialize a new instance of the SpeechSynthesizer.
      SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();

      // Configure the audio output. 
      synth.SetOutputToWaveFile(@"C:\Test\Date.wav");

      // Build an SSML prompt in a string.
      string str = "<speak version=\"1.0\"";
      str += " xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis\"";
      str += " xml:lang=\"en-US\">";
      str += "<say-as type=\"date:mdy\"> 1/29/2009 </say-as>";
      str += "</speak>";

      // Create a SoundPlayer instance to play the output audio file.
      System.Media.SoundPlayer m_SoundPlayer =
        new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"C:\Test\Date.wav");

      // Speak the contents of the prompt synchronously.
      synth.SpeakSsml(str);
      m_SoundPlayer.Play();

      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
      Console.ReadKey();
    }
  }
}

See Also

Reference

SpeechSynthesizer Class

SpeechSynthesizer Members

Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis Namespace