NSVoiceMBS.Age as Integer
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The perceived age (in years) of the voice.

class NSVoiceMBS
class, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: A voice on Mac OS X with its attributes.
Notes: Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

NSVoiceMBS.Demotext as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: A demonstration string to speak.

NSVoiceMBS.Gender as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The perceived gender of the voice.
Notes: May be either GenderNeuter ("VoiceGenderNeuter), GenderFemale ("VoiceGenderFemale"), or GenderMale ("VoiceGenderMale").

NSVoiceMBS.GenderFemale as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the possible values for the gender property.

NSVoiceMBS.GenderMale as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the possible values for the gender property.

NSVoiceMBS.GenderNeuter as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.2, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the possible values for the gender property.

NSVoiceMBS.Identifier as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: A unique string identifying the voice. The identifiers of the system voices are listed below.
Notes:
Identifiers of the Mac OS X system voices
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Agnes
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Albert
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.BadNews
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Bahh
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Bells
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Boing
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Bruce
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Bubbles
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Cellos
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Deranged
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Fred
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.GoodNews
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Hysterical
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Junior
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Kathy
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Organ
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Princess
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Ralph
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Trinoids
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Vicki
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Victoria
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Whisper
com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Zarvox

NSVoiceMBS.Language as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The language of the voice (currently US English only).
Notes: Language has been replaced by LocaleIdentifier in Mac OS X 10.5.

NSVoiceMBS.LocaleIdentifier as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The locale identifier.
Example:

dim v as NSVoiceMBS
dim s as NSSpeechSynthesizerMBS
dim n as string

s=new NSSpeechSynthesizerMBS

n=s.voice
v=s.attributesForVoice(n)

MsgBox n+EndOfLine+v.LocaleIdentifier
// shows for example "en_US"

Notes:
Mac OS X 10.5 only.

Language has been replaced by LocaleIdentifier in Mac OS X 10.5.

NSVoiceMBS.Name as String
method, Speech, MBS Cocoa Plugin (NSSpeechSynthesizer), class NSVoiceMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 6.4, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The name of the voice suitable for display.