Text to Speech problem

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I am having some problems getting my program to work while using the code from this tutorial http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Speech_Sample.aspx#_comments[^]

I have followed the tutorial and made a project with only that code, which works. Its when I then put it into my project I get this error:

error C3083: 'Speech': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type<br />
error C2039: 'Synthesis' : is not a member of 'System'<br />
error C2871: 'Synthesis' : a namespace with this name does not exist

The errors are coming from the line that I added in at the top:

using namespace System::Speech::Synthesis;

This then create more errors due to things not being defined etc..

I've googled these errors and have not found any solutions that are similar or that I understand. I have just started using Visual C++.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Posted 23-Mar-11 3:28am

amck77

Updated 23-Mar-11 13:11pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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mbue · Answer 1 · 2011-03-23T07:25:00

Solution 1

That isnt really C++ example. You need the .NET framework.
But if you are interested in speech programming, you should download the speech SDK (SAPI5). This contains a lot of examples too. Sorry i cant give you a link (use internet search).
Regards.

Posted 23-Mar-11 7:25am

mbue

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amck77 23-Mar-11 19:19pm

Thanks for your reply!

I've got the sapi SDK and some other ones from a few different tutorials I've tried. The tutorial I posted was the only one I got to work in a separate project file. But I don't understand the error I'm getting when I add it to my own project. I'm sure I've set it up in the same way.. So I don't see why its not working.

I tried commenting out the include files I've added through my project to see if any of them were creating issuses, but this did not help. Apart from that I have no idea what to try next...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-03-23T13:15:00

Solution 2

Most likely, you failed to add the reference to the assembly System.Speech to the project. Also, the project should have "/clr" option.

I should say it's not very nice to post some errors without relevant code. Do you want to force CodeProject members into guesswork. Also, I have to change your tag from C++ to C++/CLI. You should understand: those are different languages, even though you can uses them in the same project.

Please next time formulate the Question thoroughly.

—SA

Posted 23-Mar-11 13:15pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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amck77 24-Mar-11 17:17pm

Thank you for your comment about adding the reference. I have it working now.

Also, I have no idea what is what, I am in the process of learning as I am going along. I am doing a university project where our programmer dropped out so I am learning as I go, on a tight schedule.. As far as I was aware I am using C++ and recently learnt this speech is something to do with dot net.

Secondly, I posted a link to the very code I was having trouble with as it was a tutorial posted on this web site. If I was to post my own code, then I would not be sure what to give you without giving you a large mass of code which the forum rules also said I should not do.

I thank you again for your advise. I now feel I can not post any more of my queeries that I am struggling with for fear I am in the wrong.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Mar-11 21:23pm

I think you need to make a separate prototype of the speech-related sub-system if the form of "walking skeleton" and operate with it until this part of technology is clear to you. As a side product, you will have something minimal which could be suitable for posting if you need some help from CodeProject.
--SA