Note
Please see Azure Cognitive Services for Speech documentation for the latest supported speech solutions.
PromptBuilder.StartVoice Method (VoiceInfo)
Instructs the synthesizer to change the voice in the PromptBuilder object and specifies criteria for the new voice.
Namespace: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly: Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub StartVoice ( _
voice As VoiceInfo _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As PromptBuilder
Dim voice As VoiceInfo
instance.StartVoice(voice)
public void StartVoice(
VoiceInfo voice
)
Parameters
- voice
Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceInfo
The criteria for the voice to use.
Remarks
Use the GetInstalledVoices() methods and VoiceInfo class to obtain the names and attributes of installed text-to-speech (TTS) voices that you can select.
To stop using the voice specified by StartVoice(VoiceInfo) call EndVoice().