Using voice commands in VB

cheers...will have a go at that :)

In your project, make sure you add a reference to the speech engine in the projects properties dialog.

From the article:

First, import the COM Object as a reference made to the Microsoft Speech Object Library, then add the following code above the Public CLASS Line of the form's code window:

Imports SpeechLib

You also need to add the Microsoft Speech Object Library to your project references. You can find it under the COM tab of the Add Reference dialog (assuming you ran the setup of the sdk). I tried it and the code example works fine on my machine.

Notice that the sample code on the Fog Creek site is reading the text from a textbox:

Dim x As String = Me.TxtBox1.Text
Dim voice As New SpVoice
voice.Speak(x, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFlagsAsync)

You want it to read the caption of a button. So instead of passing the .Text property of a textbox to the voice.Speak method, you want to pass the .Text property of the button that triggered the Click event. If the button is named "btnPlan", your code would look like this:

Private Sub btnPlan_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnPlan.Click

' sender parameter is the control that triggered
' the Click event. Convert it to a Button:
Dim btn As Button = DirectCast(sender, Button)

' Now pass the button's Text property to the
' voice.Speak method:
Dim voice As New SpVoice
voice.Speak(btn.Text, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFlagsAsync)

End Sub

make sure your speakers are on :D

If you use a generic routine like this:

Sub Speak(ByVal strSpeak As String)
Try
Dim voice As New SpVoice
voice.Speak(strSpeak, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFlagsAsync)
voice = Nothing
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Speak Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End Try
End Sub

You just need to call: Speak("What Ever String You Want Read")

speakers are on...full blast :D

still no sound. iv jus copied the code u sent aswell. now i'm totally confused!

Well, the problems not with the code. It may be the install of the speech sdk or how the speech engine is configured. I have as much experience with that as you do. :confused:

You just need to call: Speak("What Ever String You Want Read")

where is this in the code??

by the way...would u know why this problem is occuring...

i click on a button and it gives a voice command back to me. then when i click it again a minute later by going back to the form the voice command is not given for a button that did work before.

Public Class JourneyPlanner

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Street.Show()
Me.Hide()

' sender parameter is the control that triggered
' the Click event. Convert it to a Button:
Dim btn As Button = DirectCast(sender, Button)

' Now pass the button's Text property to the
' voice.Speak method:
Dim voice As New SpVoice
voice.Speak(btn.Text, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFlagsAsync)

End Sub

That is for the button which is called 'Street'

Could it be because I am hiding the form instead of closing it? Not sure

ok let me give you an example of how i have got my forms:

Form 1 is called Main Screen. It has the button:
Plan Journey

When I click on Plan Journey it takes me to Form 2 called Plan Journey. This form has this button:
Journey Planner

When I click on Journey Planner it takes me to Form 3 called Journey Planner. This form has this button:
Street

Each of the three buttons has a Back button. When this is clicked it takes u back to the previous form.

So if I click on Plan Journey button, it speaks back Plan Journey to me and it opens the Journey Planner form. The Plan Journey then hides. If I click the Back button, it speaks Back to me and I am taken to the previous form. The current form is again hidden.

I keep doin this between form1 and form2 and it perfectly speaks to me Plan Journey and Journey Planner. But when I go to and click the Street button, it does not play Street to me. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesnt.

I have tried what you suggested. Placing the speak method before the .show/.hide. But that also does not work :(