SAPI 5.3 vs. SAPI 5.1

What is the advantage of using SAPI 5.3 over SAPI 5.1?

(I am mainly referreing to TTS programming, not speech recognition)

Is it true that SAPI 5.3 works on Vista only? (i.e. not on XP)

If this is not true, will using SAPI 5.3 allow me to run and/or
distribute with my application the "Microsoft Anna" voice on Windows
XP?

Thanks,
Victor

P.S. I posted this question in microsoft.public.speech_tech.sdk too,
but I just discovered that that forum is dead. My appologies for the
repeat posting.

There is no redist for 5.3. The additions in SAPI 5.3 are outlined here - 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723627.aspx. The biggest addition 
to SAPI 5.3 with respect to TTS is support for the W3C SSML 1.0 standard. 
SAPI 5.1 apps are compatible with with SAPI 5.3 however apps that depend on 
interfaces only present in 5.3 will not work on down level versions of SAPI. 
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"vc6" wrote:

> What is the advantage of using SAPI 5.3 over SAPI 5.1?
> 
> (I am mainly referreing to TTS programming, not speech recognition)
> 
> Is it true that SAPI 5.3 works on Vista only? (i.e. not on XP)
> 
> If this is not true, will using SAPI 5.3 allow me to run and/or
> distribute with my application the "Microsoft Anna" voice on
Windows
> XP?
> 
> Thanks,
> Victor
> 
> P.S. I posted this question in microsoft.public.speech_tech.sdk too,
> but I just discovered that that forum is dead. My appologies for the
> repeat posting.
> 

Hi Victor,
The main TTS enhancement in SAPI 5.3 is the support of SSML.
You can read more here: 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723627.aspx

SAPI 5.3 is backward compatible with XP however, the engine that you are 
targeting needs to support the new functionality.
Currently, redistributing the Microsoft Anna engine on Windows XP is not 
supported.

I hope this helps,
Aziz



"vc6" <vc6@ausi.com> wrote in message 
news:6915c80b-3cfa-4662-b9ea-75cce65d727b@d50g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> What is the advantage of using SAPI 5.3 over SAPI 5.1?
>
> (I am mainly referreing to TTS programming, not speech recognition)
>
> Is it true that SAPI 5.3 works on Vista only? (i.e. not on XP)
>
> If this is not true, will using SAPI 5.3 allow me to run and/or
> distribute with my application the "Microsoft Anna" voice on
Windows
> XP?
>
> Thanks,
> Victor
>
> P.S. I posted this question in microsoft.public.speech_tech.sdk too,
> but I just discovered that that forum is dead. My appologies for the
> repeat posting.

Is SAPI 5.3 the latest version of SAPI that will work on Windows XP, and does 
it support SISR grammars?  

"Aziz El Ouaqid[msft]" wrote:

> Hi Victor,
> The main TTS enhancement in SAPI 5.3 is the support of SSML.
> You can read more here: 
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723627.aspx
> 
> SAPI 5.3 is backward compatible with XP however, the engine that you are 
> targeting needs to support the new functionality.
> Currently, redistributing the Microsoft Anna engine on Windows XP is not 
> supported.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> Aziz
> 
> 
> 
> "vc6" <vc6@ausi.com> wrote in message 
> news:6915c80b-3cfa-4662-b9ea-75cce65d727b@d50g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> > What is the advantage of using SAPI 5.3 over SAPI 5.1?
> >
> > (I am mainly referreing to TTS programming, not speech recognition)
> >
> > Is it true that SAPI 5.3 works on Vista only? (i.e. not on XP)
> >
> > If this is not true, will using SAPI 5.3 allow me to run and/or
> > distribute with my application the "Microsoft Anna" voice on
Windows
> > XP?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Victor
> >
> > P.S. I posted this question in microsoft.public.speech_tech.sdk too,
> > but I just discovered that that forum is dead. My appologies for the
> > repeat posting.

It's my understanding that 5.1 is the latest for XP. There is no way that I 
know of to get 5.3 outside of installing Vista.

-- 
Marshall Harrison
Microsoft MVP Office Communications Server
Gold Systems Inc.
E-mail: marshall@gotspeech.net
Web: http://GotSpeech.Net
My Blog: http://gotspeech.net/blogs/marshallharrison/default.aspx






"Dennis" <Dennis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> Is SAPI 5.3 the latest version of SAPI that will work on Windows XP, and 
> does
> it support SISR grammars?
>
> "Aziz El Ouaqid[msft]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Victor,
>> The main TTS enhancement in SAPI 5.3 is the support of SSML.
>> You can read more here:
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723627.aspx
>>
>> SAPI 5.3 is backward compatible with XP however, the engine that you
are
>> targeting needs to support the new functionality.
>> Currently, redistributing the Microsoft Anna engine on Windows XP is
not
>> supported.
>>
>> I hope this helps,
>> Aziz
>>
>>
>>
>> "vc6" <vc6@ausi.com> wrote in message
>>
news:6915c80b-3cfa-4662-b9ea-75cce65d727b@d50g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> > What is the advantage of using SAPI 5.3 over SAPI 5.1?
>> >
>> > (I am mainly referreing to TTS programming, not speech
recognition)
>> >
>> > Is it true that SAPI 5.3 works on Vista only? (i.e. not on XP)
>> >
>> > If this is not true, will using SAPI 5.3 allow me to run and/or
>> > distribute with my application the "Microsoft Anna"
voice on Windows
>> > XP?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Victor
>> >
>> > P.S. I posted this question in microsoft.public.speech_tech.sdk
too,
>> > but I just discovered that that forum is dead. My appologies for
the
>> > repeat posting.