private static SystemVoice[] GetSystemVoices()
{
var temp = new List <SystemVoice> {
};
foreach (var voice in NSSpeechSynthesizer.AvailableVoices)
{
var v = new SystemVoice(voice);
if (v.LocaleIdentifier == "en_US" && !v.ConstantRateOnly)
{
if (v.Name != "Deranged" && v.Name != "Whisper" && v.Name != "Samantha" && v.Name != "Tom") //other voices that don't work
{
temp.Add(v);
}
}
}
return(temp.ToArray());
}
public static bool SaveToFile(string text, SystemVoice voice, NSUrl url)
{
speech.Voice = voice.Identifier;
return(speech.StartSpeakingStringtoURL(text, url));
}
public static void StartSpeaking(string text, SystemVoice voice)
{
speech.Voice = voice.Identifier;
speech.StartSpeakingString(text);
}