How do I manage text-to-speech markup with Microsoft Speech Platform?

Last reviewed: 3/1/2012

HOW Article ID: H031205

The information in this article applies to:

  • VoiceMarkupKit 4

Summary

VoiceMarkupKit 4 provides support for Microsoft Speech Platform.

More Information

Chant VoiceMarkupKit 4 provides support for generating SAPI 5 XML and W3C SSML text-to-speech markup for Microsoft Speech Platform voices.

Both 32-bit and 64-bit applications can generate text-to-speech markup for Microsoft Speech Platform voices. The 32-bit Microsoft Speech Platform runtime must be installed to support 32-bit applications. The 64-bit Microsoft Speech Platform runtime must be installed to support 64-bit applications.

All current Microsoft Speech Platform versions are supported: v10.0, v10.1, v10.2 and v11.0. Only one version may be installed at a time. The runtimes and voices can be downloaded from Microsoft:

The voice for which to generate text-to-speech markup can be selected by setting the CSPEngine property to voice name or by setting the CNPEngineAPI value to CEMSPTTS. 


private Chant.VoiceMarkupKit.NChantVM NChantVM1;

// Instantiate NChantVM object
NChantVM1 = new NChantVM(this);
string markup = NChantVM1.GenerateMarkup(ChantVoiceMarkupLanguage.CVMLSAPI5SSML, ChantVoiceMarkupTag.CVMTRate, "", "5", "This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five");
    

CChantVM* m_pChantVM;  // ChantVM object

// Instantiate ChantVM object
m_pChantVM = new CChantVM();
wchar_t* markup = pChantVM1->GenerateMarkup(CVMLSAPI5SSML, CVMTRate, L"", L"5", L"This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five");
    

CChantVM* ChantVM1;  // ChantVM object

// Instantiate ChantVM object
ChantVM1 = new CChantVM();
string markup = pChantVM1->GenerateMarkup(CVMLSAPI5SSML, CVMTRate, "", "5", "This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five");
    

var
ChantVM1: TChantVM;
markup: string;                
begin
// Instantiate ChantVM object
ChantVM1 := TChantVM.Create();
markup = NChantVM1.GenerateMarkup(CVMLSAPI5SSML, CVMTRate, '', '5', 'This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five');
end;
    

private JChantVM JChantVM1;

// Instantiate ChantVM object
JChantVM1 = new JChantVM();
string markup = JChantVM1.generateMarkup(ChantVoiceMarkupLanguage.CVMLSAPI5SSML, ChantVoiceMarkupTag.CVMTRate, "", "5", "This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five");
    

WChantVM1.SetNumberProperty(CNPEngineAPI, CEMSPTTS);

var markup = WChantVM1.GenerateMarkup(CVMLSAPI5SSML, CVMTRate, "", "5", "This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five");
    

Dim WithEvents XChantVM1 As XChantVM
Dim markup as String

markup = XChantVM1.GenerateMarkup(CVMLSAPI5SSML, CVMTRate, "", "5", "This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five")
    

Dim WithEvents NChantVM1 As NChantVM
Dim markup as String

' Instantiate ChantVM object
NChantVM1 = New NChantVM(Me)
markup = NChantVM1.GenerateMarkup(ChantVoiceMarkupLanguage.CVMLSAPI5SSML, ChantVoiceMarkupTag.CVMTRate, "", "5", "This text is spoken above the baseline at rate of five")