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Chapter 4 - Speech Manager / Speech Manager Reference

Speech Manager Routines

This section describes the routines provided by the Speech Manager. You can use these routines to

• generate speech and then pause or stop it
• obtain information about an individual voice or all voices
• create and dispose of speech channels
• obtain the Speech Manager's version and status
• change the rate or pitch of speech
• convert textual into phonetic data
• install a pronunciation dictionary into a speech channel

With the exception of the SpeechManagerVersion, SpeechBusy, and SpeechBusySystemWide functions, all Speech Manager routines return a result code to indicate whether an error has occurred.

The section "Application-Defined Routines" beginning on page 4-82 describes the syntax and operation of application-defined callback procedures.

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Subtopics

Starting, Stopping, and Pausing Speech

Obtaining Information About Voices

Managing Speech Channels

Obtaining Information About Speech

Changing Speech Attributes

Converting Text To Phonemes

Installing a Pronunciation Dictionary