[Visual Basic]

Public Function SpeechGenerateFromFile (

nSampleRate as Int32,

nChannels as Int32,

strPathname as String,

nVoice as Int32,

fAmplitude as Single,

bRemoveFinalSilence as Boolean

) as enumErrorCodes

[C#]

public enumErrorCodes SpeechGenerateFromFile (

Int32 nSampleRate,

Int32 nChannels,

string strPathname,

long nVoice,

float fAmplitude,

bool bRemoveFinalSilence

);

[C++]

public: enumErrorCodes SpeechGenerateFromFile (

Int32 nSampleRate,

Int32 nChannels,

string strPathname,

long nVoice,

float fAmplitude,

bool bRemoveFinalSilence

);

Parameter

Description

nSampleRate

Sample rate of the stream, e.g. 44100

nChannels

Number of channels of the audio stream.

Supported values are the following:

strPathname

Absolute pathname of the text file

nVoice

Zero-based index of the speaking voice. The total number of voices installed inside the system can be obtained through the SpeechVoicesNumGet method.

fAmplitude

Audio stream amplitude.

- value 0.0 means that sound volume is muted

- values higher than 0.0 and lower than 1.0 attenuate the sound volume

- value 1.0 sets the sound at full volume

- values higher than 1.0 amplify the sound volume

bRemoveFinalSilence

Boolean flag that specifies to remove the final silence usually introduced by the Speech API.

Supported values are the following:

Value

Meaning

Negative value

An error occurred (see the LastError property for further error details)

enumErrorCodes.NOERROR (0)

The method call was successful.