unable to add reference to windows.media.speechsynthesis.dll

Question

I am working on text to speech conversion in windows 8.1 (silverlight) and i need to access the SynthesizeTextToStreamAsync method for which I need to add reference to Windows.media.speechSynthesis. I am unable to add this reference to my project

it shows me error message as

A reference to a higher version or incompatible assembly cannot be added to the project.

I am currently using Visual studio 2013 professional version. Can someone please help me out with this issue?

Here is my code for this part private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { SpeakText(audioPlayer, "Hello world"); } private async void SpeakText(MediaElement audioPlayer, string TTS) { Windows.Phone.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer ttssynthesizer = new Windows.Phone.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer(); SpeechSynthesisStream ttsStream = await ttssynthesizer.SynthesizeTextToStreamAsync(TTS); audioPlayer.SetSource(ttsStream, ""); } — Srikanth Sai, Jun 18 '15 at 14:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '15 at 18:54

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Look at MSDN, it is only supported in 8.1 XAML apps, not in 8.1 Silverlight apps.

answered Jun 17 '15 at 18:54

Igor Kulman

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thanks... can you please suggest me some other methods for accessing the text to speech part in windows 8.1 silverlight moblie apps??? – Srikanth Sai Jun 18 '15 at 08:06
use Windows.Phone.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer – Igor Kulman Jun 18 '15 at 08:42
Thanks a lot sir you saved my day – Srikanth Sai Jun 18 '15 at 15:25

unable to add reference to windows.media.speechsynthesis.dll

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