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 =====Listing available voices===== =====Listing available voices=====
  
-//by Richard Russell, October 2008//\\ \\  The supplied example program **SPEAK.BBC** provides the capability of choosing the 'voice' to be used (for example **Microsoft Sam** or **Microsoft Mary**), however you need to know in advance which voices are available; if you select one which isn't available it won't work. This is a particular problem given that the available voices may differ between versions of Windows, for example Windows Vista may only have **Microsoft Anna** which isn't usually available on other versions of Windows.\\ \\  The code below lists the available voices (it uses SAPI5, typically installed on Windows 2000, XP and Vista and later):\\ \\ +//by Richard Russell, October 2008//\\ \\  The supplied example program **SPEAK.BBC** provides the capability of choosing the 'voice' to be used (for example **Microsoft Sam** or **Microsoft Mary**), however you need to know in advance which voices are available; if you select one which isn't available it won't work. This is a particular problem given that the available voices may differ between versions of Windows, for example Windows Vista may only have **Microsoft Anna** which isn't usually available on other versions of Windows.\\ \\  The code below lists the available voices (it uses SAPI5, typically installed on Windows 2000, XP and Vista and later): 
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 +<code bb4w> 
         INSTALL @lib$+"COMLIBA"         INSTALL @lib$+"COMLIBA"
  
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         PROC_comexit         PROC_comexit
 +</code>
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 You can of course use the returned list of voices in other ways, such as presenting them to the user in a **List Box**, or selecting one according to a set of preferences. \\ \\  Note that this code requires **COMLIB** (or **COMLIBA**) version **3.3** or later, as supplied with //BBC BASIC for Windows// version 5.90a. You can of course use the returned list of voices in other ways, such as presenting them to the user in a **List Box**, or selecting one according to a set of preferences. \\ \\  Note that this code requires **COMLIB** (or **COMLIBA**) version **3.3** or later, as supplied with //BBC BASIC for Windows// version 5.90a.
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