Method of SpeechSynthesizer that synthesises plain text without blocking, returning a future that resolves to a SpeechSynthesisResult. For SSML input, speak_ssml_async() is used.
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- SpeechSynthesizer
The Speech SDK class used for text to speech, offering SpeakTextAsync and SpeakSsmlAsync. Created from a SpeechConfig plus an AudioOutputConfig, it sends audio to a stream, file or speaker.
- SSML
Markup based on XML that controls how text to speech sounds, including pronunciation, pauses, volume, rate, pitch and voice. It is submitted with speak_ssml_async().