SpeechSpeak

Speaks some text.

Synopsis

error = SpeechSpeak(voice, text, options)

Args

voice is the voice parameter that was returned by SpeechOpen().

options is any of the following:

Operation Meaning
'A' (A)synchronous playback. Text does not start speaking until a call to your GUI's message function.

If omitted, options defaults to none of the above.

Returns

If success, an empty string is returned (""). If an error, an error message is returned.

Notes

If you omit voice, or pass an empty string, a SYNTAX condition is raised. CONDITION('E') returns error number 40.5 and CONDITION('D') returns the message Missing argument in invocation of "SpeechSpeak"; argument 1 is required.

Examples

If your script uses a GUI add-on such as REXX GUI, see the example in a GUI script. Otherwise, see a non-GUI script.