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 =====Setting speech parameters=====
-//by Richard Russell, October 2008//\\ \\ //**This article is specific to the SAPI5 speech system, typically installed on Windows 2000, XP and Vista**//\\ \\  When using Windows' built-in speech synthesis capability it is possible to override the default **speed**, **volume** and **voice** parameters with your own preferences. There are two main ways of doing this; the first method (which is used in the supplied example program **SPEAK.BBC**) involves embedding //tags// in the text to be spoken, for example:\\ \\
+//by Richard Russell, October 2008//\\ \\ //**This article is specific to the SAPI5 speech system, typically installed on Windows 2000, XP and Vista**//\\ \\  When using Windows' built-in speech synthesis capability it is possible to override the default **speed**, **volume** and **voice** parameters with your own preferences. There are two main ways of doing this; the first method (which is used in the supplied example program **SPEAK.BBC**) involves embedding //tags// in the text to be spoken, for example:
+<code bb4w>
         speed$ = "<RATE ABSSPEED='"+STR$speed%+"'/>"
         volume$ = "<VOLUME LEVEL='"+STR$volume%+"'/>"
         voice$ = "<VOICE REQUIRED='NAME="+name$+"'/>"
         PROC_callmethod(tts%, "Speak("""+speed$+volume$+voice$+phrase$+""")")
-Here **speed%** should be in the range -10 to +10, **volume%** should be in the range 0 to 100 and **name$** should be a voice name such as **Microsoft Mike** (see [[/Listing%20available%20voices|this article]] for how to discover the available voices).\\ \\  As an alternative to specifying a particular voice you can express a preference for a male or female voice (if the choice is available):\\ \\
+</code>
+Here **speed%** should be in the range -10 to +10, **volume%** should be in the range 0 to 100 and **name$** should be a voice name such as **Microsoft Mike** (see [[/Listing%20available%20voices|this article]] for how to discover the available voices).\\ \\  As an alternative to specifying a particular voice you can express a preference for a male or female voice (if the choice is available):
+<code bb4w>
         speed$ = "<RATE ABSSPEED='"+STR$speed%+"'/>"
         volume$ = "<VOLUME LEVEL='"+STR$volume%+"'/>"
         voice$ = "<VOICE OPTIONAL='gender=female'/>"
         PROC_callmethod(tts%, "Speak("""+speed$+volume$+voice$+phrase$+""")")
-\\  The second method involves direct calls to the speech system to set the appropriate parameters, for example:\\ \\
+</code>
+The second method involves direct calls to the speech system to set the appropriate parameters, for example:
+<code bb4w>
         PROC_putvalue(tts%, "Rate("+STR$speed%+")")
         PROC_putvalue(tts%, "Volume("+STR$volume%+")")
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         PROC_putobject(tts%, "Voice(O vobj%)")
         PROC_callmethod(tts%, "Speak("""+phrase$+""")")
+</code>
 Note that this code requires **COMLIB** (or **COMLIBA**) version **3.3** or later, as supplied with //BBC BASIC for Windows// version 5.90a.