cognitive-services-speech-service-create-speech-project-vs-csharp.md

author	ms.service	ms.topic	ms.date	ms.author
wolfma61	cognitive-services	include	09/13/2018	wolfma

1. Start Visual Studio 2017.

2. Make sure the .NET desktop environment workload is available. Choose Tools > Get Tools and Features from the Visual Studio menu bar to open the Visual Studio installer. If this workload is already enabled, close the dialog.

   Otherwise, mark the checkbox next to .NET desktop development, then click the Modify button at the lower right corner of the dialog. Installation of the new feature will take a moment.

   

3. Create a new Visual C# Console App. In the New Project dialog box, from the left pane, expand Installed > Visual C# > Windows Desktop and then choose Console App (.NET Framework). For the project name, enter helloworld.

   

4. Install and reference the Speech SDK NuGet package. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the solution and select Manage NuGet Packages for Solution.

   

5. In the upper-right corner, in the Package Source field, select Nuget.org. Search for the Microsoft.CognitiveServices.Speech package and install it into the helloworld project.

   

6. Accept the displayed license to begin installation of the NuGet package.

   

   After the package is installed, a confirmation appears in the Package Manager console.

7. Create a platform configuration matching your PC architecture via the Configuration Manager. Select Build > Configuration Manager.

   

8. In the Configuration Manager dialog box, add a new platform. From the Active solution platform drop-down list, select New.

   

9. If you are running 64-bit Windows, create a new platform configuration named x64. If you are running 32-bit Windows, create a new platform configuration named x86.