In text-to-speech: how to select text and choose the emotion with which it's pronounced in output?

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Like "Angry" or "Happy" or "fearful", I remember I saw a program long ago with a multiline textbox and the ability to select some text and choose with what emotion to say the selected text, with ability of more than one emotion in each text.

I want this ability in coding with C#, appending each time a text to be spoken with a different emotion.

Also, if you know of such a 3rd party program also include its name please.

What I have tried:

SPvoice SP = new SPvoice();
SP.Speak("Hello world");

Posted 6-Jun-21 3:20am

john1990_1

Updated 6-Jun-21 17:25pm

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[no name] 6-Jun-21 11:27am

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup?tabs=csharp

john1990_1 6-Jun-21 11:39am

Please submit as an answer, please also recommend a video teaching how to deal with XML to make voice, when I know only C# .NET WinForms and Console.

[no name] 6-Jun-21 12:16pm

I learned from the docs (no videos). That's my "comment".

john1990_1 6-Jun-21 12:18pm

I don't even know where to write the XML code and how... if you would recommend a video I would be happy otherwise I would just try to search on my own.

[no name] 6-Jun-21 22:08pm

The SSML "wraps" the speech text you want to treat. Where the speech synthesizer refers to text, include text with SSML.

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Gerry Schmitz · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-06T17:25:00

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string phrase = @"<speak version=""1.0""
  http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis""
  xml:lang=""en-US"">";
phrase += @"<say-as interpret-as=""ordinal"">3rd</say-as>";
phrase += @"<break time=""1s""/>";
phrase += @"<say-as interpret-as=""cardinal"">3rd</say-as>";
phrase += @"</speak>";
synthesizer.SpeakSsml(phrase);

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2019/june/speech-text-to-speech-synthesis-in-net

Posted 6-Jun-21 17:25pm

Gerry Schmitz

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john1990_1 7-Jun-21 10:16am

Thx, but I'm having a bug:

System.FormatException
HResult=0x80131537
Message=XML content not valid.
Source=System.Speech
StackTrace:
at System.Speech.Internal.Synthesis.VoiceSynthesis.Speak(Prompt prompt)
at System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer.Speak(Prompt prompt)
at System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer.SpeakSsml(String textToSpeak)
at AppTestSpeechEmotions.Form1..ctor() in C:\Users\roberto\source\repos\AppTestSpeechEmotions\AppTestSpeechEmotions\Form1.cs:line 30
at AppTestSpeechEmotions.Program.Main() in C:\Users\roberto\source\repos\AppTestSpeechEmotions\AppTestSpeechEmotions\Program.cs:line 19

This exception was originally thrown at this call stack:
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(System.Exception)
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(string, string[])
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseQName(bool, int, out int)
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
System.Speech.Internal.Synthesis.SsmlParser.Parse(System.Xml.XmlReader, System.Speech.Internal.Synthesis.ISsmlParser, object)

Inner Exception 1:
XmlException: Name cannot begin with the '/' character, hexadecimal value 0x2F. Line 1, position 30.

[no name] 8-Jun-21 12:13pm

You have to show your SSML. It says it's "not valid".

john1990_1 8-Jun-21 12:19pm

I used the exact code you provided.

[no name] 8-Jun-21 12:37pm

I showed you "where" (SpeakSSml). That's it. As for the rest, I don't see any of "your" code.

john1990_1 8-Jun-21 12:58pm

https://prnt.sc/14qiotw

john1990_1 8-Jun-21 13:18pm

You mean you provided an XML code that makes a bug and I should use my own XML?

If yes then when I learn XML and how to do this I would get to it, I was just testing...

[no name] 8-Jun-21 13:53pm

I posted a snippet (for your convenience) from the link to the article I posted ... which you obviously didn't read. You got an attitude problem and we're done here.

john1990_1 8-Jun-21 16:33pm

I'm sorry for bothering you! have a nice day/night!

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