Speech.Speak Method
Microsoft Excel plays back the text string that is passed as an argument.
Syntax
expression.Speak(Text, SpeakAsync, SpeakXML, Purge)
expression A variable that represents a Speech object.
Parameters
| Name | Required/Optional | Data Type | Description |
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| Text | Required | String | The text to be spoken. |
| SpeakAsync | Optional | Variant | True will cause the Text to be spoken asynchronously (the method will not wait of the Text to be spoken). False will cause theText to be spoken synchronously (the method waits for the Text to be spoken before continuing). The default is False. |
| SpeakXML | Optional | Variant | True will cause the Text to be interpreted as XML. False will cause the Text to not be interpreted as XML, so any XML tags will be read and not interpreted. The default is False. |
| Purge | Optional | Variant | True will cause current speech to be terminated and any buffered text to be purged before Text is spoken. False will not cause the current speech to be terminated and will not purge the buffered text before Text is spoken. The default is False. |
Example
In this example, Microsoft Excel speaks "Hello".
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