Just to complete the info on this .... I had previously already tried it with SAPI 5.1. Unfortunately this has pretty much the same functionalities as SAPI 4. Therefore I cannot access WaitUntilDone function. However I have worked out an alternate method to do without this function. Thanks to everyone for suggestions and helpful tips. Guess I just have to wait till I get a Windows 7 pc to have the correct SAPI :D
Regards TFE http://totallyfreeenergy.zxq.net --- In advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com, "Cord Schneider" <nmfpg4...@...> wrote: > > TFE, > > I am regularly astounded at how few people can use a search engine. In > less than a minute I found a webpage suggesting that if you're looking > for the SAPI 5.3 API you should search MSDN (which would have been a > logical starting point). One more search revealed this webpage > <http://blogs.msdn.com/chuckop/archive/2006/11/24/microsoft-speech-api-s > dk.aspx> which explains that the SAPI 5.3 API has been integrated into > the Windows SDK. The author also states the following: > > "For the SDK, you can download the SAPI 5.1 SDK to create applications > and engines that work on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. These > applications or engines should also be forward-compatible with SAPI 5.3 > on Windows Vista and beyond. The SAPI 5.1 SDK is a stand-alone package, > separate from other Microsoft SDK's." > > Reading between the lines, you're probably not going to be able to use > SAPI 5.3 on Windows XP because it is not supported. In all likelihood, > if you want to use SAP 5.3 you will need to upgrade to Windows Vista or > later. > > However, if I were you I would invest a little more time exploring the > SAPI 5.1 API documentation > <http://www.nextup.com/sapi5doc/Getting_Started.htm>. As far as I can > see, the ISpVoice interface > <http://www.nextup.com/sapi5doc/ISpVoice.htm> for 5.1 does support > WaitUntilDone as well as SpeakCompleteEvent (the former blocks while the > latter allows you to hook an event). > > I hope the above helps. > > Regards, > > Cord Schneider > StaffPlan Ltd > http://www.staffplan.co.uk/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:advanced_del...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of totallyfreeenergy > totallyfreeenergy-at-yahoo.com |Advanced Delphi| > Sent: 13 November 2009 00:10 > To: Cord Schneider > Subject: [advanced_delphi] Re:A tricky thread problem > > Thanks Steve. That's a very good link. I have tried a few inbuilt > callbacks like isSpeaking. So far still unable to get it to work as it > should. May be it is because I am doing it within the VCL thread and > that too within a for loop. Although I dont know why that should matter. > I have heard that SAPI 5.3 has a new function WaitUntilDone that I think > would be so useful. However how to get the download of it. Unlike > previous versions, this is part of platform SDKs. I am using Windows XP > SP3. > > Regards > TFE > http://totallyfreeenergy.zxq.net >
