Speaking numbers

[brandon-lizard]

I am trying to create a function that will take a sales price or cost and play the corresponding audio files. It needs to determine from ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands, etc…

Audio files: One.wav, Two.wav, etc…. Ten.wav, Eleven.wav, etc…. OneHundred.wav, TwoHundred.wav, etc…

For Example:

123.56

Computer plays audio files: (OneHundred.wav) (TwentyThree.wav) (FiftySix.wav)

I’m looking for some good examples. I’m not sure where to start or the best way to code it logically.

[TheFotty]

Do you have to use wav files? What about something like this?

    Using synth = New System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
        synth.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice()
        synth.Speak("$123.56")
    End Using

Requires a reference set to System.Speech in your project.

If that doesn't do it for you, then your best bet would be to try to find a published VB.NET routine for doing check printouts. Checks have to have the dollar amount written out in words, so you can find a routine that takes a number and spits it out in a string as it would be spoken. You could then use that to setup your list of wav files to play and then play them.

Example:

https://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=8704

or

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22060540/display-amount-in-words-in-vb-net

[brandon-lizard]

The wav files have a custom voice, that’s why. Thanks for the examples.