Speech Capability:

‘Say’ Button :  This invokes the Microsoft Speech API . The word and the associated meanings are spoken aloud in a clear manner so as to facilitate ease of understanding and remembering vocabulary through the means of audio aids.   

The application makes use of the Microsoft Text to Speech Engine. The string from the database is taken , composed in the desired form and passed to the speech engine functions which then handle the actual details of converting into the appropriate speech sound .  

Requirements:
For the text to speech conversion options to run , the Microsoft Text to Speech Engine is required to be installed on the concerned machine.

The hardware requirements include a Pentium class machine or better with multimedia support .