1. Beyond the Basics with Windows Phone 8
Speech
Michael Crump
http://michaelcrump.net
@mbcrump

2. Contents
 Speech Components included in the Windows Phone 8 SDK:
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Text-to-Speech (TTS)
Speech-to-Text
Voice Commands

3. Text-to-Speech (TTS)
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Text-to-Speech is also known as Speech Synthesis
Speech.Synthesis API
Designed to work with the async and await operators
Speaking a selected voice
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)

4. Speech-to-Text
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Speech-to-Text is also known as Speech Recognition
Speech.Recognition API
Similar to Voice Commands
Grammar
GUI (Graphical User Interface)

5. Voice Commands
 Voice Command workflow
 How can they be created?
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Create a Voice Command Definition (VCD) file.
Initialize the VCD file.
Execute commands once spoken to.

6. Summary
 3 major speech components found in Windows Phone 8 SDK.
 Easy to implement and customize.
 Speech greatly enhances your user’s experience.