Microsoft Speech API

The Speech Application Programming Interface ( SAPI ) is an interface for connecting libraries for speech synthesis and speech recognition under the operating system Microsoft Windows.

(Windows 2000 ) The SAPI packet belongs to the English, Chinese and Japanese versions of Windows to supply, but a subsequent installation on all Windows systems is possible. These companies offer a variety of different extensions.

Versions

The current major version is SAPI 5 are The difference with the older SAPI 4 version from a user perspective, the smaller number of languages ​​for free SAPI 5

Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Reader and its " Text to Speech " extensions free languages ​​for SAPI 5 available:

  • English
  • German
  • Italian ( only Reader)
  • Spanish ( only Reader)

This extension of the SAPI requires the Microsoft Speech SDK.

  • Voice interaction
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