Step 1) Create a New Windows application and name it whatever you want/or edit a .vb project you already have.

Step 2) Drag a Timer onto Form1

Step 3) Double-Click Timer

and copy this :

Code

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
  Dim SAPI
  SAPI = CreateObject("SAPI.spvoice")
  SAPI.Speak("What you want the BOT to say")
  Timer1.Enabled = False

    End Sub

Step 4) Highlight all of the text shown in the picture



Step 5) Paste the code you copied form Step 3 and it should overwrite the text you highlighted from Step 4

Should look like this!



Step 5) In between the parenthesis type what you want the bot to say

Code

SAPI.Speak("What you want the BOT to say")

Step 6)Now go back to the top where it says

Code

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    End Sub

And highlight it



Step 7) Copy this

Code

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
  If Me.Enabled = True Then
    Timer1.Enabled = True
  End If

    End Sub

And paste it where you highlighted the code in step 6

Step 8) Click the Debug Icon at the top of Visual Basic



And it should say whatever you put in the parenthesis,if it didn't go back and see what you did wrong!

(Aug 7, 2011 09:38 PM)Deceptive Wrote:  Posted previously. This isn't a bot either.

(Aug 7, 2011 09:38 PM)Deceptive Wrote:  Posted previously. This isn't a bot either.

(Aug 7, 2011 09:39 PM)S‎‎‎‎ Wrote:  He means a bot as in like a robot.

He is calling the voice a Bot, not the program.

Anyways, good job, this will help out beginners!

(Aug 7, 2011 09:38 PM)Deceptive Wrote:  Posted previously. This isn't a bot either.

(Aug 7, 2011 09:53 PM)Tedd Wrote:  1. Define bot
bot / bät / Noun
1. The larva of the botfly, which is an internal parasite of animals.
2. (chiefly in science fiction) A robot.

2. Define robot
ro·bot / ˈrōˌbät / Noun
1. A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.

So, yes, it is a bot.

@OP: Rated good because lack of originality and structure (could have had a better tutorial design). Other than that a GREAT tutorial!

(Aug 7, 2011 09:55 PM)Deceptive Wrote:  How in the hell is this a "robot" it's Text to Speech. This isn't complex either.

(Aug 7, 2011 09:58 PM)Tedd Wrote:  Are you serious? Microsoft Speech takes a string and converts it into a sound. That takes every single consonant, vowel, pronunciation, etc. and compiles it into one wav. How is that not complex?

Edit: As well, it doesn't have to be complex. Complex can be (yet the opposite) as simple as a series of commands.

Complex:
adjective /kämˈpleks/  /kəmˈpleks/  /ˈkämˌpleks/ 

1. Consisting of many different and connected parts

(Aug 7, 2011 10:01 PM)Deceptive Wrote:  Sure Microsoft Speech is, but the snippet he just posted isn't.

/Thread

(Aug 7, 2011 10:09 PM)iBounce™ Wrote:  Why do people always argue on my threads?

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But whatever I don't mind.

(Aug 7, 2011 10:11 PM)Anatamize Wrote:  Why is a timer used? Why can't it just be on Form_Load?
Would make much more sense considering it when it starts.