SAPI: Microsoft Windows Speech API

Platform: Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51
Description: The Microsoft Speech API provides applications with the ability to incoporate speech recognition (command & control or dictation) or text-to-speech, using either C/C++ or Visual Basic. SAPI follows the OLE Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It is supported by many major speech technology vendors. The major interfaces are
- Voice Commands: high level speech recognition API for command and control.
- Voice Text: simple high level text-to-speech API.
- Speech Recognition: provides detailed control of a speech recognition engine for both command-and-control and dictation.
- Text-to-Speech: provides detailed interface to a text-to-speech engine for control of playback, speaking style, voice quality etc.
- Multimedia Audio Objects: audio I/O for microphones, headphones, speakers, telephone lines, files etc.
Availability: Download Microsoft's latest speech technology, including the Microsoft Speech SDK, command and control recognition, the Microsoft dictation research demonstration and text-to-speech.
More information: Email: MSSpeech@Microsoft.Com
WWW: The Microsoft Speech API
WWW: An Overview of the Microsoft Speech API
Documentation included with the Microsoft SDK.
See also: TAPI: Microsoft Telephone API