public static async Task SSML2AudioFile(string fileName)
{
// The object for controlling the speech synthesis engine (voice).
var synth = new Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis.SpeechSynthesizer();
var path = new FileInfo(Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0]).DirectoryName;
var SsmlText = File.ReadAllText(path + "/" + $"{fileName}.xml");
// Generate the audio stream from the SSML text.
using (SpeechSynthesisStream stream = await synth.SynthesizeSsmlToStreamAsync(SsmlText))
{
// Get the app's local folder.
var user = (await Windows.System.User.FindAllAsync())[0];
StorageFolder localFolder = await StorageFolder.GetFolderFromPathForUserAsync(user, path);
// Send the stream to the audio file.
using (var reader = new DataReader(stream))
{
await reader.LoadAsync((uint)stream.Size);
var sampleFile = await localFolder.CreateFileAsync($"{fileName}.wav", CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
await FileIO.WriteBufferAsync(sampleFile, reader.ReadBuffer((uint)stream.Size));
}
}
}
private async void readText(string mytext)
{
MediaElement mediaplayer = new MediaElement();
using (var speech = new Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis.SpeechSynthesizer())
{
speech.Voice = SpeechSynthesizer.AllVoices.First(gender => gender.Gender == VoiceGender.Female);
string ssml = @"<speak version='1.0' " + "xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xml:lang='en-UK'>" + mytext + "</speak>";
SpeechSynthesisStream stream = await speech.SynthesizeSsmlToStreamAsync(ssml);
mediaplayer.SetSource(stream, stream.ContentType);
mediaplayer.Play();
}
}