Create a mp3 file using System.Speech.dll in WPF

Question

I understand that the SpeechSynthesizer (System.Speech.dll) can be used to convert text to speech. I am working on an application that requires the ability of saving the text as mp3 and wav file.

Is this possible using WPF?

Answer 1

I believe that you should be easily able to save to a WAV file via SpeechSynthesizer::SetOutputToWaveFile. I don't think there is built-in support in .NET for converting to MP3, but this should be straightforward with the help of a 3rd party library/utility (like LAME) once you have the audio data as WAV.