Talking Textboxes

[Ali Rizwan]

Hi
I want some thing like talking.
If anyone put some string in textbox it will narrated.
How can it be done.
And onething more how can i use msagent controll in vb6.
I m using vb6. and office XP, and Os is XP

Thank you

[kadghar]

I dont think there's a function in VB that does that, anyway i will register here for interest, in case someone knows an easy way. (other than having a bunch of wavs with syllables or a trained parrot near the computer that will read when you clic its head)

[Ali Rizwan]

I dont think there's a function in VB that does that, anyway i will register here for interest, in case someone knows an easy way. (other than having a bunch of wavs with syllables or a trained parrot near the computer that will read when you clic its head)

Hi
I know a tool i have used a couple of years it ll narrate the text in its text property but i ll not found that tool again.
u know how to use msagent?

[Robbie]

If you don't already have the Microsoft Speech SDK, you can download it completely free of charge from Microsoft's website.
Be warned though, it's not a small download!

When you've installed it, you'll be able to look at several VB6 examples it comes with. I know it works perfectly well, I use it here:


http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/speech_transfer.html

You'll find the examples in, for example:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1\Samples\VB
(Obviously depends on where you install it though.)
There are a load of folders with working VB6 projects there for you to feast on.

[kadghar]

Hi
I know a tool i have used a couple of years it ll narrate the text in its text property but i ll not found that tool again.
u know how to use msagent?

That sounds cool (literaly), i'll keep an eye on this forum.
No, i dont :( , sorry. But i'll google it latter.

[Robbie]

Note that you can also use the Speech SDK for speech recognition, not just text-to-speech.

[Ali Rizwan]

Note that you can also use the Speech SDK for speech recognition, not just text-to-speech.

But i want text to speech
would u know about this

[Robbie]

But i want text to speech
would u know about this

...?

Yes, I said, download the SDK and you can find working examples on how to do that in VB6.
In the examples, they make it speak what's in a textbox, so it should be easy to adapt.

EDIT: The Search feature on Microsoft's web site isn't giving back a working link to the Speech SDK, so here is a working one:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en