SpeechRecognitionEngine class to recognize speech

Asynchronously recognizing speech based on a restricted set of phrases

SpeechRecognitionEngine recognitionEngine = new SpeechRecognitionEngine();
GrammarBuilder builder = new GrammarBuilder();
builder.Append(new Choices("I am", "You are", "He is", "She is", "We are", "They are"));
builder.Append(new Choices("friendly", "unfriendly"));
recognitionEngine.LoadGrammar(new Grammar(builder));
recognitionEngine.SpeechRecognized += delegate(object sender, SpeechRecognizedEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("You said: {0}", e.Result.Text);
};
recognitionEngine.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice();
recognitionEngine.RecognizeAsync(RecognizeMode.Multiple);

Asynchronously recognizing speech for free text dictation

using System.Speech.Recognition;

// ...

SpeechRecognitionEngine recognitionEngine = new SpeechRecognitionEngine();
recognitionEngine.LoadGrammar(new DictationGrammar());
recognitionEngine.SpeechRecognized += delegate(object sender, SpeechRecognizedEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("You said: {0}", e.Result.Text);
};
recognitionEngine.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice();
recognitionEngine.RecognizeAsync(RecognizeMode.Multiple);

Syntax

• SpeechRecognitionEngine()
• SpeechRecognitionEngine.LoadGrammar(Grammar grammar)
• SpeechRecognitionEngine.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice()
• SpeechRecognitionEngine.RecognizeAsync(RecognizeMode mode)
• GrammarBuilder()
• GrammarBuilder.Append(Choices choices)
• Choices(params string[] choices)
• Grammar(GrammarBuilder builder)

Parameters

LoadGrammar: Parameters	Details
grammar	The grammar to load. For example, a DictationGrammar object to allow free text dictation.
RecognizeAsync: Parameters	Details
mode	The RecognizeMode for the current recognition: Single for just one recognition, Multiple to allow multiple.
GrammarBuilder.Append: Parameters	Details
choices	Appends some choices to the grammar builder. This means that, when the user inputs speech, the recognizer can follow different “branches” from a grammar.
Choices constructor: Parameters	Details
choices	An array of choices for the grammar builder. See GrammarBuilder.Append.
Grammar constructor: Parameter	Details
builder	The GrammarBuilder to construct a Grammar from.

Remarks

To use SpeechRecognitionEngine, your Windows version needs to have speech recognition enabled.

You have to add a reference to System.Speech.dll before you can use the speech classes.