Note
Please see Azure Cognitive Services for Speech documentation for the latest supported speech solutions.
PromptBuilder.StartVoice Method (VoiceGender, VoiceAge)
Instructs the synthesizer to change the voice in the PromptBuilder object and specifies the gender and the age of the voice to use.
Namespace: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly: Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub StartVoice ( _
gender As VoiceGender, _
age As VoiceAge _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As PromptBuilder
Dim gender As VoiceGender
Dim age As VoiceAge
instance.StartVoice(gender, age)
public void StartVoice(
VoiceGender gender,
VoiceAge age
)
Parameters
- gender
Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceGender
The gender of the voice to use.
- age
Type: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis.VoiceAge
The age of 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(VoiceGender, VoiceAge) call EndVoice().