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

I wrote an article on this on my blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/ricardoperes/archive/2014/04/08/speech-synthesis-with-asp-net-and-html5.aspx. I used AJAX and Data URIs to send voice data back and forth between the client and the server.