Chapter 9. Voice Control with Kinect

After completing this chapter, you will:

  • Understand how to configure speech recognition in a C# program

  • Create a gesture-controlled painting program that uses voice input to select commands

  • Improve the painting program so that it also outputs messages using speech synthesis

Using the Microsoft Speech Platform

THE MICROSOFT SPEECH PLATFORM IS very powerful. It comprises a set of components that make it easy to create programs to recognize speech input and produce spoken output. Components in the Speech Platform are interchangeable and configurable so that the platform can work with different languages and locales. You can find out more about the Microsoft Speech Platform here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh361572.aspx ...

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