在C＃windows存储应用程序中使用叙述者

Question

the narrator API (System.Speech) is not available for windows store. Is there an alternative API or method for using this? I found that there is a text-to-speech function as part of the Microsoft translator service , however since the narrator is already available, it would be silly to have to use this service for that, so I'd rather use it directly if possible.

I thought of maybe running a command through CMD.exe to text-to-speech something, but in windows store apps it's impossible to launch external processes, also I haven't found a command line interface for the narrator anyway.

Does anybody know of any method of doing this?

Answer 1

Windows 8.1 has offline text to speech support. Here's MSDN sample.

Answer 2

Are you trying to implement accessibility? If so, then this may be what your looking for: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.automation.automationproperties

You can set the Name attached property to whatever you would like to have read.