Microsoft Word Text-to-Speech on Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide

Are you interested in exploring Microsoft's text-to-speech feature on your Mac? Look no further! In this article, we'll guide you through the process of installing the Speech SDK and creating a new console application to recognize speech from a microphone.

Installing the Speech SDK

To begin, install the Speech SDK in your new project using the NuGet package manager. For more information about continuous recognition for longer audio, including multi-lingual conversations, check out 'How to Recognize Speech'.

Creating a New C++ Console Project

Next, create a new C++ console project in Visual Studio. This example uses the RecognizeOnceAsync operation to transcribe utterances of up to 30 seconds or until silence is detected.

Configuring Your Speech Recognition Application

In your Program.cs file, replace 'YourSubscriptionKey' with your actual Speech resource key and 'YourServiceRegion' with your actual Speech resource region. You can also specify a different language by replacing 'en-US' with another supported language.

Recognizing Speech from a Microphone

To recognize speech from a microphone, run your new console application using the command 'dotnet run'. Speak into your microphone when prompted, and the spoken text will be output as text.

Language Identification

For details on how to identify one of multiple languages that might be spoken, check out 'Language Identification'. The default language is set to English (en-us) if you don't specify a language.

Outputting Speech Recognition Results

In your Program.cs file, replace the contents with the following code:

```csharp

using var speechRecognizer = new SpeechRecognizer(speechConfig, audioConfig);

Console.WriteLine('Speak into your microphone.');

var speechRecognitionResult = await speechRecognizer.RecognizeOnceAsync();

Static void OutputSpeechRecognitionResult(SpeechRecognitionResult result)

{

Console.WriteLine($'RECOGNIZED: Text={result.Text}');

}

```

In this article, we've covered the steps to install the Speech SDK and create a new console application on your Mac to recognize speech from a microphone using Microsoft's text-to-speech feature. With these instructions, you should be able to get started with speech recognition in no time!

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