PromptBuilder::AppendText Method (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)

Specifies text to append to the PromptBuilder object.

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

Syntax

public:
void AppendText(
	String^ textToSpeak
)

Parameters

textToSpeak: Type: System::String^
A string containing the text to be spoken.

Remarks

To append text that is formatted as SSML markup language, use AppendSsmlMarkup.

Examples

The example that follows creates a PromptBuilder object and appends a text string using the AppendText method.

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 append a text string.
        PromptBuilder speakText = new PromptBuilder();
        speakText.AppendText("Say the name of the song you want to hear");

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

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

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 3.0