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Microsoft Speech API to read a french text

Hello, I would like to build an application that reads french text. I have already developed the app and it is able to read the text in English. I only need how to pass a parameter to the speech API so that it would speak in French. Thanks in advance

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Did you check this ? http://www.mperfect.net/speechSamples/

Pierre 303  2010-06-29 15:35:07
I have already managed to make it work for English. But, I can not make it work for French language
 2010-06-29 15:36:23
When you call GetInstalledVoices() on SpeechSynthetisis, what is returned ? Sacré français
Pierre 303  2010-06-29 16:09:02
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You need a French voice. Unfortunately, there aren't any free French voices available for SAPI 5 (and therefore usable with the .NET framework).

What programming language are you using?

Eric Brown  2010-06-30 17:41:21

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