/// <summary>
/// Initialize the synthesis subsystem.
/// </summary>
internal override void Start()
{
if (syn == null)
{
return;
}
// Fire up the synth subsystem.
syn.Start();
// Get the list of installed voices. This is done in a
// platform-specific way.
voices.Populate(syn.GetVoices());
voices.Start();
// Create the work queue if we can deal with it
if (control.osLayer != null)
{
queue = new Queue <QueuedSpeech>();
// Start the background thread that does all the text-to-speech.
speakingThread = new Thread(SpeakLoop)
{
IsBackground = true,
Name = "SpeakingThread"
};
speakingThread.Start();
}
}
