PromptBuilder.AppendTextWithHint Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Speech.Synthesis

Assembly:

System.Speech.dll

Package:

System.Speech v9.0.0

Appends text to the PromptBuilder object and specifies the content type of the text.

Overloads

AppendTextWithHint(String, String)	Appends text to the PromptBuilder object and a String that specifies the content type of the text.
AppendTextWithHint(String, SayAs)	Appends text to the PromptBuilder object and specifies the content type using a member of the SayAs enumeration.

AppendTextWithHint(String, String)

Source:

PromptBuilder.cs

Appends text to the PromptBuilder object and a String that specifies the content type of the text.

public:
 void AppendTextWithHint(System::String ^ textToSpeak, System::String ^ sayAs);

public void AppendTextWithHint (string textToSpeak, string sayAs);

member this.AppendTextWithHint : string * string -> unit

Public Sub AppendTextWithHint (textToSpeak As String, sayAs As String)

Parameters

textToSpeak

String

A string containing the text to be spoken.

sayAs

String

The content type of the text.

Remarks

You can use this method to specify a content type that is not included in the SayAs enumeration. However, the TTS engine must support the parameter that you specify.

AppendTextWithHint(String, SayAs)

Source:

PromptBuilder.cs

Appends text to the PromptBuilder object and specifies the content type using a member of the SayAs enumeration.

public:
 void AppendTextWithHint(System::String ^ textToSpeak, System::Speech::Synthesis::SayAs sayAs);

public void AppendTextWithHint (string textToSpeak, System.Speech.Synthesis.SayAs sayAs);

member this.AppendTextWithHint : string * System.Speech.Synthesis.SayAs -> unit

Public Sub AppendTextWithHint (textToSpeak As String, sayAs As SayAs)

Parameters

textToSpeak

String

A string containing the text to be spoken.

sayAs

SayAs

The content type of the text.

Examples

using System;  
using System.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.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice();  

        // Create a PromptBuilder object and define the data types for some of the added strings.  
        PromptBuilder sayAs = new PromptBuilder();  
        sayAs.AppendText("Your");  
        sayAs.AppendTextWithHint("1st", SayAs.NumberOrdinal);  
        sayAs.AppendText("request was for");  
        sayAs.AppendTextWithHint("1", SayAs.NumberCardinal);  
        sayAs.AppendText("room, on");  
        sayAs.AppendTextWithHint("10/19/2012,", SayAs.MonthDayYear);  
        sayAs.AppendText("with early arrival at");  
        sayAs.AppendTextWithHint("12:35pm", SayAs.Time12);  

        // Speak the contents of the SSML prompt.  
        synth.Speak(sayAs);  
      }  

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

Remarks

The content type specified by sayAs can provide guidance to the speech synthesis engine about how to pronounce the contents of textToSpeak.