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An article on decoding Ogg Vorbis audio files in .NET.

A .NET class encapsulating the Win32 multimedia timer.

Using static and streaming sound buffers in Managed DirectX.

Silence may be golden, but increasingly, applications, appliances, and other automated systems are acquiring the ability to speak. You can take advantage of text-to-speech technology to voice-enable your .NET applications.

This article describes how multiple .NET assemblies work together to control MIDI devices in a live performance environment.

Just when you thought there wasn't anything new that you could do with a webcam, along comes this article, which shows you how to exploit the AVICap Windows class so you can integrate on-demand screen captures into your applications.

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Speech-enabled applications require specialized grammars that clearly define the types of input they're expected to parse and understand. Find out how to build grammars by walking through the process of building a grammar for an order status retrieval system that lets callers retrieve orders by voice.

Online Article: Multimedia Control

If you've ever tried to find classes in the .NET Framework that allow you to play audio and video, you may have noticed the gaping hole where this functionality should be.If you think Microsoft has finally gotten around to fixing this glaring omission in version 2 of the framework, you're only partially correct. While some basic audio capabilities will be provided (as described later in this article,) they still leave a lot to be desired. On the other hand, the free MediaPlayer component provided with this article demonstrates a more feature-rich solution to your multimedia needs-and it's compatible with all versions of the .NET Framework.

Windows Vista includes powerful speech capabilities, exposed through a number of new APIs that let your users interact with your apps using speech rather than with a keyboard or mouse. Robert Brown shows you how to take advantage of these APIs.