WPF Application to convert text to speech

In this article I would like to discuss how to convert text to speech using WPF Application.

 Open Visual Studio 2008 ,

 From file menu select New Project , From the templates select WPFApplication .

 By default it creates Window1.xaml , App.xaml , References and Properties folders.

 Right click on the references folder and select “Add Reference” .

 and from .net tab select System.Speech and click on ok.

 This will add system.speech namespace to the project.

 Open window1.xaml , from toolbar drag and drop a textbox and button controls.

Double click on the button ..it will open button event handler in code behind file(window1.xaml.cs)

Speak function is in the class SpeechSynthesizer , so to use that class add the following in your cs file.

 "using System.Speech.Synthesis;"

 In the function create obj for that class , invoke speak function as follows.

  private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

        {

            SpeechSynthesizer obj = new SpeechSynthesizer();

            obj.Speak(Speak.Text);

        }

The output window looks like this. Type some text in the textbox and click on Speak button .