public static void Main(string[] args) { // Obtain a KinectSensor if any are available KinectSensor sensor = (from sensorToCheck in KinectSensor.KinectSensors where sensorToCheck.Status == KinectStatus.Connected select sensorToCheck).FirstOrDefault(); if (sensor == null) { Console.WriteLine( "No Kinect sensors are attached to this computer or none of the ones that are\n" + "attached are \"Connected\".\n" + "Attach the KinectSensor and restart this application.\n" + "If that doesn't work run SkeletonViewer-WPF to better understand the Status of\n" + "the Kinect sensors.\n\n" + "Press any key to continue.\n"); // Give a chance for user to see console output before it is dismissed Console.ReadKey(true); return; } sensor.Start(); // Obtain the KinectAudioSource to do audio capture KinectAudioSource source = sensor.AudioSource; source.EchoCancellationMode = EchoCancellationMode.None; // No AEC for this sample source.AutomaticGainControlEnabled = false; // Important to turn this off for speech recognition System.Speech.Recognition.RecognizerInfo ri = System.Speech.Recognition.SpeechRecognitionEngine.InstalledRecognizers().FirstOrDefault(); using (var recoEngine = new System.Speech.Recognition.SpeechRecognitionEngine(ri.Id)) { // Create the question dictation grammar. System.Speech.Recognition.DictationGrammar customDictationGrammar = new System.Speech.Recognition.DictationGrammar(); customDictationGrammar.Name = "Dictation"; customDictationGrammar.Enabled = true; // Create a SpeechRecognitionEngine object and add the grammars to it. recoEngine.LoadGrammar(customDictationGrammar); recoEngine.SpeechRecognized += (s, sargs) => Console.Write(sargs.Result.Text); using (Stream s = source.Start()) { recoEngine.SetInputToAudioStream(s, new System.Speech.AudioFormat.SpeechAudioFormatInfo(System.Speech.AudioFormat.EncodingFormat.Pcm, 16000, 16, 1, 32000, 2, null)); Console.WriteLine("Dictating. Press ENTER to stop"); recoEngine.RecognizeAsync(System.Speech.Recognition.RecognizeMode.Multiple); Console.ReadLine(); Console.WriteLine("Stopping recognizer ..."); recoEngine.RecognizeAsyncStop(); } } sensor.Stop(); }