PAUSE option in text to speech using WPF

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hi,,,
how do i add "PAUSE" option in "text to speech" app..
& is it possible to convert speech to text....?????
m using Visual studio 2010 ,,,(WPF)....

thnx..

Posted 20-Jun-11 21:30pm

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OriginalGriff 21-Jun-11 3:33am

Please do not post the same question twice with just a single character difference, use the "Improve question" widget to edit your question instead: I have deleted the "spare"

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It's possible to convert speech to text, a Microsoft API works, I bet it doesn't work very well, and especially poorly if you don't speak English with an American accent. Speech to text always requires training in any case. For pausing, have you read the docs ? Did you consider posting some code ? Either you need to know what word is being read, so you can stop, and resume from that word, or the object you're using needs to have a Pause method or similar.

Posted 20-Jun-11 21:50pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-21T09:59:00

You can use speech to text if you're using the grammar with just few words. Microsoft System.Speech works pretty well.

You can also use DictationGrammar to dictate arbitrary text, but the results are frustrating.

To evaluate it, see my code sample here (no, you cannot improve it; the qualify of the engine is a problem not this code): speech recognition in C#[^].

At the same time, more or less smooth dictation is possible. You need to buy original Nuance product "Dragon Naturally Speaking". These days, there is only one company on the market. See http://www.nuance.com/talk/[^].

Disclaimer. I have no affiliation with the company Nuance and no interest in distributing, promoting or advertising their products.

—SA