Universal Windows® Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Bringing Text to Life

Getting text to be spoken is as simple as the following code-behind, assuming that a MediaElement named mediaElement is on the current Page:

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async Task Speak() {   string text = "Turn left at the next intersection";   using (SpeechSynthesizer synthesizer = new SpeechSynthesizer ())   {     SpeechSynthesisStream stream =       await synthesizer.SynthesizeTextToStreamAsync(text);     // Send the audio to a MediaElement     this.mediaElement.SetSource(stream, stream.ContentType);     // We could dispose the stream once MediaOpened is raised   } }

The produced text uses the default voice and speed, both of which can be changed by the user.

If you have multiple voices installed, you can change ...