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5.3 Getting a Voice Handle

Now that you have an understanding of the important characteristics of the CT Access voice message service, you can create an application using the voice message service. The following sections present a brief overview of the types of available functions. For more information about each of these functions, refer to the CT Access Function Reference Manual.
To use a voice object, you need a voice handle. If you want to... Then use this function... Access an existing file for play or record vceOpenFile Create a new voice file of a specified type vceCreateFile Access a range of memory vceOpenMemory Access a file (or device) that is already opened vceAssignHandle
Once you have obtained a voice handle, you can use the handle in combination with a message number to identify a segment of speech in the object for playing, recording, or editing.

If you want to...	Then use this function...
Access an existing file for play or record	`vceOpenFile`
Create a new voice file of a specified type	`vceCreateFile`
Access a range of memory	`vceOpenMemory`
Access a file (or device) that is already opened	`vceAssignHandle`

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