TextToVoice

C# code used to create the intro and outro text for the Azure Security Podcast, using Azure Cognitive Services.

The code is bare-bones, but it works :)

To use this you need to:

• Hop into your Azure subscription, you can get a free one if needed, just head to azure.com
• Add a new Cognitive Services Speech resource (Search for Cognitive in the search bar, Add a Cognitive resource, and then type Speech in the in the Marketplace)
• Now enter the approp details, you can use the free tier (F0) but you can only have one of these per subscription.
• Once this is done, click Keys and Endpoint and take note of the first key and the location
• You will need to add a couple of packages to the solution: Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech and System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, see the screenshot
• Plug the key into the app.config file as well as the location
• Edit the text you want to conver from text.
• Compile and run the code.
• Open and listen to the resulting WAV file.

Supporting screenshots

Select the correct Cognitive Service:

Getting a key and the location:

Adding the two packages: