Speech synthesis software with program interface?

21 Aug 2006 11:42 PM

LurfysMa

I am developing some educational software. One of the applications
tests users on spelling. The program currently uses recorded sound
clips saying the word and asks the user to type it in.

For the word "capital", for example, the human would record something
like, "Capital. What is the capital of North Dakota? Capital." The
user would then be asked to type "capital" and not "capitol".

I would like to look into storing that text in the database and having
a speech synthesis program "speak" it to the user. It would be a nice
feature if the user could select from several voices (at least be able
to choose from male or female).

I've done a little research and there seems to be a few candidates.

Has anyone done anything like this and/or can anyone recommend a
product that will do the job. Cost is not really factor.

Thanks for any help.

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22 Aug 2006 1:58 AM

Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]

I'd suggest you look into Microsoft Speech Server along with it's associated
SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1194ED95-7A23-46A0-BBBC-06EF009C053A&displaylang=en

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net

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"LurfysMa" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>I am developing some educational software. One of the applications
> tests users on spelling. The program currently uses recorded sound
> clips saying the word and asks the user to type it in.
>
> For the word "capital", for example, the human would record something
> like, "Capital. What is the capital of North Dakota? Capital." The
> user would then be asked to type "capital" and not "capitol".
>
> I would like to look into storing that text in the database and having
> a speech synthesis program "speak" it to the user. It would be a nice
> feature if the user could select from several voices (at least be able
> to choose from male or female).
>
> I've done a little research and there seems to be a few candidates.
>
> Has anyone done anything like this and/or can anyone recommend a
> product that will do the job. Cost is not really factor.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
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