Text To Speech?

[Skechers]

Hello,

Does NT8 provide support for text to speech? I'd like to have some sort of meaning to an alert vs. a sound.

Many Thanks, Caesar.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Caesar,

NinjaTrader does not directly support text to speech.

There are some in the community that are using custom libraries to achieve this.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...235#post743235
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...e-a-system-dll

Below is a link to an indicator in the User App Share you can use an example.
https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/use...ad/pricevoice/

Some general information:

NinjaTrader uses the C# 5.0 programming language targeting .NET 4.8 for developing custom NinjaScript AddOns. Using external programming languages is not documented or supported and we would not be able to provide assistance.
Documents\NinjaTrader 8\bin\Custom is the proper place for a 3rd party referenced assembly dll.

Support for 3rd party assemblies is limited. Our team is able to assist with adding the dll and a reference to the dll, however we cannot assist with its use, or with any errors or unexpected behavior that may occur.

With that said, we are happy to forward any insightful information we happen to be aware of.

Below is a link to the help guide on referencing a 3rd party assembly dll.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...indicators.htm

Any referenced managed assembly will need to target .NET Framework 4.8 or lower. Other versions of .NET will not work, such as .NET Core or .NET 5.

Alternatively, unmanaged assemblies can be P/Invoked.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dot...nterop/pinvoke
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...300#post777300

Using Nuget with Visual Studio to compile dlls for use in NinjaTrader:
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...72#post1042872

Determining the targeted .NET version for an assembly dll.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...858#post798858

[Skechers]

Hello Chelsea,

I found Microsoft's text to speech engine: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/do...tframework-4.8

It's pretty straightforward to use, just add the speech.synthesis dll to NinjaScripts assembly reference.

Many Thanks, Caesar.

[AnnaHowlett]

Hi Caesar,

Thanks for your question! While I’m not sure if NT8 specifically supports text-to-speech for alerts, you might want to explore AudioModify. It’s an excellent platform for AI-generated voices that could add meaning to your alerts with text-to-speech capabilities.

Let me know if you need any help getting started with it!

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello AnnaHowlett,

Welcome to the NinjaTrader forums!

Unfortunately, I've had to remove the link from your post.
To ensure a fair forum environment that isn't filled with advertisement, our policy is to remove links to third party sites that are not educational.
It can helpful to discuss a vendor product, however if you have links to non-educational material such as product sites please consider sending these as a private message to the recipient, or provide a link to a google search for the product name.

If this is an open source script you have created, you may also consider submitting the script to the User App Share.
https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/...app-submission