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How do you find the selected Speech Language in WP8

Is there a way in WP8 to determine either

  • The selected Speech Language
  • The Users selected locale information

I want to use the most appropriate language to use when using the SpeechSynthesizer class for Text to Speech

Solution

  • Reading the MSDN documentation by default, the SpeechSynthesizer class will default the whatever the user has selected in the settings.

    After you create a Windows.Phone.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer object, you can specify the language of a voice to load. A Windows.Phone.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer instance can load any voice that is installed on the phone and use it to generate speech. If no language is specified, the API will load a voice that matches the language that the user selected in Settings/Speech on the phone.