Speech and Sound Functions

AudioFileLength        Returns the length of a RIFF format Wave file in seconds

AlmTone                 Sets the pitch and duration of the alarm tone.

Beep                      Causes a tone to sound on the computer's internal speaker.

Configure                (Voice Talk module) Defines how a speech stream will sound and where it will be heard.

GetDevices              (Voice Talk module)  Returns a list of devices available on a SAPI text-to-speech stream.

GetVoices                (Voice Talk module)  Returns a list of voices available on a SAPI text-to-speech stream.

MuteSound              Turn off alarm sounds for all current and future alarms.

Play                       Plays a multimedia sound file as installed in the operating system.

PlaySound               Generate alarm sounds.

Reset                     Immediately stops a speech stream and cancels any buffered speech.

SilenceSound           Silence the current sounding alarm.

Sound                     Plays a multimedia sound file as installed in the operating system.

ShowLexicon            (Voice Talk module) Displays a SAPI text-to-speech engine lexicon dialog to permit modification of pronunciation.

Speak                     (Voice Talk module) Executes on the speech thread to speak the supplied text through a specified SAPI text-to-speech stream

SpeakToFile             (Voice Talk module) Executes on the speech thread to speak the supplied text to a .wav format audio file

SpeechEnum            Enumerate speech modes

SpeechLexiconDlg     Display lexicon dialog.

SpeechReset            Stops speech engine and cancels buffered speech.

SpeechSelect           Statement executes in its own thread to select a text-to-speech mode on an open SAPI text-to-speech stream.

SpeechSpeak           Speak a text string.

SpeechStream         Create a speech-to-text stream.

StartSound              Start a sound for an alarm if alarm sound is enabled and the alarm priority is higher than the currently sounding alarm.

VoiceTalk                Opens and returns a handle to a SAPI text-to-speech stream