PromptBuilder.AppendPromptBuilder Method

Appends a PromptBuilder object to a PromptBuilder object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly:  Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub AppendPromptBuilder ( _
    promptBuilder As PromptBuilder _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As PromptBuilder
Dim promptBuilder As PromptBuilder

instance.AppendPromptBuilder(promptBuilder)

public void AppendPromptBuilder(
    PromptBuilder promptBuilder
)

Parameters

• promptBuilder
  Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis.PromptBuilder
  The content to append.

Examples

The example that follows creates two PromptBuilder instances and then appends them to a third PromptBuilder.

using System;
using Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis;

namespace SampleSynthesis
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

      // Initialize a new instance of the SpeechSynthesizer.
      using (SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer())
      {

        // Configure the audio output. 
        synth.SetOutputToWaveFile(@"C:\test\ShowTimes.wav");

        // Create a SoundPlayer instance to play the output audio file.
        System.Media.SoundPlayer m_SoundPlayer =
          new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"C:\test\ShowTimes.wav");

        // Build child prompts.
        PromptBuilder theatreA = new PromptBuilder();
        theatreA.AppendText(
          "Tonight's movie showings in theater A are at 5:45, 7:15, and 9:30");
        theatreA.AppendBreak(PromptBreak.Large);
        PromptBuilder theatreB = new PromptBuilder();
        theatreB.AppendText(
          "Tonight's movie showings in theater B are at 5:15, 7:15, and 9:15");

        // Build the parent prompt and append the two child prompts.
        PromptBuilder showTimes = new PromptBuilder(
          new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"));
        showTimes.AppendText(
          "The following are the show times for tonight's movies:");
        showTimes.AppendPromptBuilder(theatreA);
        showTimes.AppendPromptBuilder(theatreB);

        // Speak the prompt and play back the output file.
        synth.Speak(showTimes);
        m_SoundPlayer.Play();
      }

      Console.WriteLine();
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
      Console.ReadKey();
    }
  }
}

See Also

Reference

PromptBuilder Class

PromptBuilder Members

Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis Namespace