If you would like to see how some other open source synths have included sapi5, then you could look at flite (I am not sure if the current version contains it, but 1.2 does) contains a directory for compiling flite in windows with sapi5 support and registering it properly for use. From Michael Whapples Jonathan Duddington writes: > In article <Pine.LNX.4.62.0608300900280.3993 at localhost.localdomain>, > Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt at csir.co.za> wrote: > >> There would be an immediate benefit if Espeak becomes available under >> Windows through Microsoft speech API (MSAPI). It would allow these >> people to communicate in Afrikaans. > > Good point! > >> If the current code compiles under Windows, I think it should not be >> too difficult to get it done. I think one does not have to support >> the full MSAPI which I think, allows for feedback from the >> synthesizer, IE which word has last been spoken etc. > > "Current word" feedback might not be difficult. The RISC OS version of > eSpeak already does that, and the email program that I'm using now uses > that feature. > >> I will ask around a bit and come back to you regarding possible >> porting. > > That would be interesting. > > > >