How do I integrate Speech Technology with Windows App SDK latest WinUI 3?

Last reviewed: 4/28/2025

HowTo Article ID: H042501

The information in this article applies to:

AudioSearch 6
GrammarKit 11
KinesicsKit 9
LexiconKit 11
ProfileKit 11
SpeechKit 13
SpeechManager 5
Talk&Listen 6
VoiceMarkupKit 11
VoiceXMLKit 8

Summary

Expand what Windows App SDK app fundamentals, user experience, and added security can achieve with integrating your favorite speech technology using CDW 2025.

More Information

CDW 2025 includes tools, libraries, samples, and documentation that illustrate how to expand Windows App SDK apps with Speech Technology. This means WinUI 3 apps can use your favorite speech APIs.

CDW 2025 Nuget packages automate seamless WinUI app development and testing with your favorite Speech Technology in three easy steps:

Install package in project with Nuget Manager;
Declare libraries used in app; and
Instantiate and use Chant objects.

WinUI 3 Apps

Review how fast and easy it is to enhance WinUI 3 apps with Chant libraries:

Audio Search: find words and phrases in recorded audio
GrammarKit: dynamically adjust and compile grammar syntax
KinesicsKit: capture images and audio from Kinect sensors
LexiconKit: adjust pronunciations for better speech synthesis and recognition
ProfileKit: administrate user properties
SpeechKit: recognize and synthesize speech
Speech Manager: manage speech synthesis and recognition requests queue
Talk&Listen: invoke simple speech recognition or synthesis request
VoiceMarkupKit: dynamically generate API-specific SSML for fine-tuned speech synthesis
VoiceXMLKit: validate and test VoiceXML

CDW 2025 WinUI Samples

CDW 2025 samples illustrate WinUI 3 applications using Acapela TTS, Cepstral Swift, CereProc CereVoice, Microsoft Azure Speech, Microsoft SAPI5 and compatible, Micosoft Speech Platform, Microsoft WindowsMedia, and Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech technologies:

Audio Search

Audio Search WinUI Transcribe and WordSpot samples are found at: Documents\Chant\AudioSearch 6\WinUI\Windows\cs

Audio Search WinUI WordSpot Sample — Audio Search Word Spot sample illustrates finding words and phrases in recorded audio using word spotting.

GrammarKit

GrammarKit WinUI Compile sample is found at: Documents\Chant\GrammarKit 11\WinUI\Windows\cs

KinesicsKit

KinesicsKit WinUI AudioSource and TicTacToe samples are found at: Documents\Chant\KinesicsKit 9\WinUI\Windows\cs

KinesicsKit WinUI TicTacToe Sample — KinesicsKit TicTacToe sample illustrates capturing Kinect sensor recognizing speech.

LexiconKit

LexiconKit WinUI Phoneme sample is found at: Documents\Chant\LexiconKit 11\WinUI\Windows\cs

ProfileKit

ProfileKit WinUI Training sample is found at: Documents\Chant\ProfileKit 11\WinUI\Windows\cs

SpeechKit

SpeechKit WinUI Command, Dictation, Grammar, and Synthesis samples are found at: Documents\Chant\SpeechKit 14\WinUI\Windows\cs

SpeechKit WinUI Dictation Sample — SpeechKit Dictation sample illustrates recognizing continuous speech.

SpeechKit WinUI Grammar Sample — SpeechKit Grammar sample illustrates recognizing speech with ASR grammars.

SpeechKit WinUI Synthesis Sample — SpeechKit Synthesis sample illustrates synthesizing speech.

Speech Manager

Speech Manager WinUI Synthesis and Transcribe samples are found at: Documents\Chant\SpeechManager 5\WinUI\Windows\cs

Speech Manager WinUI Transcribe Sample — Speech Manager Transcribe sample illustrates transcription request queue management.

Talk&Listen

Talk&Listen WinUI TalkListen sample is found at: Documents\Chant\TalkListen 6\WinUI\Windows\cs

VoiceMarkupKit

VoiceMarkupKit WinUI Markup sample is found at: Documents\Chant\VoiceMarkupKit 11\WinUI\Windows\cs

VoiceXMLKit

VoiceXMLKit WinUI Specials sample is found at: Documents\Chant\VoiceXMLKit 8\WinUI\Windows\cs