Creating a ASP.NET application converting text to speech

Question

I seek some insight in creating an application that converts text to speech in ASP.NET. From my initial research, it appears that:

1. MS SAPI requires the clie

Answer 1

With the SpeechSynthesizer, you can output to a WAV file. You could then have a secondary process compress or convert to another format if needed. All this could be done on the server and then sent up through the browser.

This CodeProject article is a good introduction to .NET Speech Synthesis.

If you want to see how it performs with a LOT of text.... Add a reference to System.Speech and then use the following as a starting point:

using System;
using System.Speech.Synthesis;

namespace SpeakToMe
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
            synth.SetOutputToWaveFile("c:\\test.wav");
            synth.Speak("Hello, world.");
            synth.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

A quick test on a file of 44,700 words (238KB) on my relatively fast machine...

• Completed in 55 seconds
• Generated a 626 MB WAV file