/// <summary>
/// Enqueues an utterance to be spoken using a specific voice object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="speechString">The text to be spoken in the utterance.</param>
/// <param name="voice">The voice used to speak the utterance.</param>
public static void Speak(string speechString, ISpeechSynthesisVoice voice)
{
var speechUtteranceSettings = new SpeechUtteranceParameters
{
PitchMultiplier = DefaultParameters.PitchMultiplier,
PreUtteranceDelay = DefaultParameters.PreUtteranceDelay,
PostUtteranceDelay = DefaultParameters.PostUtteranceDelay,
SpeechRate = DefaultParameters.SpeechRate,
Voice = voice,
Volume = DefaultParameters.Volume
};
Speak(speechString, speechUtteranceSettings);
}
private ReadOnlyCollection <ISpeechSynthesisVoice> InitializeVoices()
{
var availableVoicesCount = TTS_iOS.GetNumberOfAvailableVoices();
var availableVoices = new ISpeechSynthesisVoice[availableVoicesCount];
for (var voiceIndex = 0; voiceIndex < availableVoicesCount; voiceIndex++)
{
var identifier = TTS_iOS.GetVoiceIdentifier(voiceIndex);
var name = TTS_iOS.GetVoiceName(voiceIndex);
var language = TTS_iOS.GetVoiceLanguage(voiceIndex);
var quality = TTS_iOS.GetVoiceQuality(voiceIndex);
availableVoices[voiceIndex] =
new SpeechSynthesisVoice(identifier, name, language, (VoiceQuality)quality);
}
return(new ReadOnlyCollection <ISpeechSynthesisVoice>(availableVoices));
}