Microsoft Speech API - Speech Functionality in Windows Vista

Speech Functionality in Windows Vista

See also: Windows Speech Recognition

Windows Vista includes a number of new speech-related features including:

  • Speech control of the full Windows GUI and applications
  • New tutorial, microphone wizard, and UI for controlling speech recognition
  • New version of the Speech API runtime: SAPI 5.3
  • Built-in updated Speech Recognition engine (Version 8)
  • New Speech Synthesis engine and SAPI voice Microsoft Anna
  • Managed code speech API (codenamed SpeechFX)
  • Speech recognition support for 8 languages at release time: U.S. English, U.K. English, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and German, with more language to be released later.
  • Microsoft Agent most notably, and all other Microsoft speech applications use SAPI 5.

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