Initializes the receiver with a voice.

Original signature is '- (id)initWithVoice:(NSString *)voiceIdentifier'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Registers anObserver to receive KVO notifications for the specified key-path relative to the receiver.

Original signature is '- (void)addObserver:(NSObject *)anObserver forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath options:(NSKeyValueObservingOptions)options context:(void *)context'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Registers the given speech dictionary with the receiver.

Original signature is '- (void)addSpeechDictionary:(NSDictionary *)speechDictionary'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns an array of NSString objects containing the names of immutable values that instances of the receiver's class contain.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)attributeKeys'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Provides the attribute dictionary of a voice.

Original signature is '+ (NSDictionary *)attributesForVoice:(NSString *)voiceIdentifier'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Creates and returns an autoreleased proxy for the receiving object

Original signature is '- (id)autoContentAccessingProxy'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Adds the receiver to the current autorelease pool.

Original signature is '- (id)autorelease'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Provides the identifiers of the voices available on the system.

Original signature is '+ (NSArray *)availableVoices'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute another object in place of the object that was decoded and subsequently received this message.

Original signature is '- (id)awakeAfterUsingCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Establishes a binding between a given property of the receiver and the property of a given object specified by a given key path.

Original signature is '- (void)bind:(NSString *)binding toObject:(id)observableController withKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath options:(NSDictionary *)options'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Gets the class of the underlying instance.

Returns the receiver's Apple event type code, as stored in the NSScriptClassDescription object for the object’s class.

Original signature is '- (FourCharCode)classCode'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns an object containing information about the attributes and relationships of the receiver’s class.

Original signature is '- (NSClassDescription *)classDescription'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute a class other than its own during archiving.

Original signature is '- (Class)classForArchiver'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute a class other than its own during coding.

Original signature is '- (Class)classForCoder'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute a new class for instances during keyed archiving.

Original signature is '- (Class)classForKeyedArchiver'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute a class other than its own for distribution encoding.

Original signature is '- (Class)classForPortCoder'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a string containing the name of the class.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)className'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Uses type info from the class description and NSScriptCoercionHandler to attempt to convert value for key to the proper type, if necessary.

Original signature is '- (id)coerceValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver conforms to a given protocol. (required)

Original signature is '- (BOOL)conformsToProtocol:(Protocol *)aProtocol'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Resumes synthesis.

Original signature is '- (void)continueSpeaking'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns the object returned by copyWithZone:, where the zone is nil.

Original signature is '- (id)copy'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Creates and returns one or more scripting objects to be inserted into the specified relationship by copying the passed-in value and setting the properties in the copied object or objects.

Original signature is '- (id)copyScriptingValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key withProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Deallocates the memory occupied by the receiver.

Original signature is '- (void)dealloc'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Provides the identifier of the default voice.

Original signature is '+ (NSString *)defaultVoice'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns the receiver’s delegate.

Original signature is '- (id < NSSpeechSynthesizerDelegate >)delegate'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns a string that describes the contents of the receiver. (required)

Original signature is '- (NSString *)description'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a dictionary containing the property values identified by each of the keys in a given array.

Original signature is '- (NSDictionary *)dictionaryWithValuesForKeys:(NSArray *)keys'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked to inform the receiver that the value of a given property has changed.

Original signature is '- (void)didChangeValueForKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked to inform the receiver that the specified change was made to a specified unordered to-many relationship.

Original signature is '- (void)didChangeValueForKey:(NSString *)key withSetMutation:(NSKeyValueSetMutationKind)mutationKind usingObjects:(NSSet *)objects'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Invoked to inform the receiver that the specified change has occurred on the indexes for a specified ordered to-many relationship.

Original signature is '- (void)didChange:(NSKeyValueChange)change valuesAtIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Handles messages the receiver doesn’t recognize.

Original signature is '- (void)doesNotRecognizeSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns an array containing the bindings exposed by the receiver.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)exposedBindings'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns the object to which unrecognized messages should first be directed.

Original signature is '- (id)forwardingTargetForSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to forward messages to other objects.

Original signature is '- (void)forwardInvocation:(NSInvocation *)anInvocation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns an integer that can be used as a table address in a hash table structure. (required)

Original signature is '- (NSUInteger)hash'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a dictionary describing the receiver’s binding.

Original signature is '- (NSDictionary *)infoForBinding:(NSString *)binding'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Implemented by subclasses to initialize a new object (the receiver) immediately after memory for it has been allocated.

Original signature is '- (id)init'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Initializes the receiver with a voice.

Original signature is '- (id)initWithVoice:(NSString *)voiceIdentifier'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Inserts an object at the specified index in the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (void)insertValue:(id)value atIndex:(NSUInteger)index inPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Inserts an object in the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (void)insertValue:(id)value inPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

For a given key that defines the name of the relationship from the receiver’s class to another class, returns the name of the relationship from the other class to the receiver’s class.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)inverseForRelationshipKey:(NSString *)relationshipKey'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Indicates whether any application is currently speaking through the sound output device.

Original signature is '+ (BOOL)isAnyApplicationSpeaking'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver and a given object are equal. (required)

Original signature is '- (BOOL)isEqual:(id)anObject'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is an instance of given class or an instance of any class that inherits from that class. (required)

Original signature is '- (BOOL)isKindOfClass:(Class)aClass'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is an instance of a given class. (required)

Original signature is '- (BOOL)isMemberOfClass:(Class)aClass'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver does not descend from NSObject. (required)

Original signature is '- (BOOL)isProxy'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Indicates whether the receiver is currently generating synthesized speech.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)isSpeaking'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Locates and returns the address of the receiver’s implementation of a method so it can be called as a function.

Original signature is '- (IMP)methodForSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns an NSMethodSignature object that contains a description of the method identified by a given selector.

Original signature is '- (NSMethodSignature *)methodSignatureForSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a mutable array proxy that provides read-write access to an ordered to-many relationship specified by a given key.

Original signature is '- (NSMutableArray *)mutableArrayValueForKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns a mutable array that provides read-write access to the ordered to-many relationship specified by a given key path.

Original signature is '- (NSMutableArray *)mutableArrayValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns the object returned by mutableCopyWithZone: where the zone is nil.

Original signature is '- (id)mutableCopy'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a mutable set proxy that provides read-write access to the unordered to-many relationship specified by a given key.

Original signature is '- (NSMutableSet *)mutableSetValueForKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Returns a mutable set that provides read-write access to the unordered to-many relationship specified by a given key path.

Original signature is '- (NSMutableSet *)mutableSetValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Creates and returns an instance of a scriptable class, setting its contents and properties, for insertion into the relationship identified by the key.

Original signature is '- (id)newScriptingObjectOfClass:(Class)class forValueForKey:(NSString *)key withContentsValue:(id)contentsValue properties:(NSDictionary *)properties'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set the synthesizer’s current text-processing mode. An NSString object that specifies whether the channel is currently in text input mode or phoneme input mode.The supported values are listed in “Speaking Modes for NSSpeechInputModeProperty.”

When the character-processing mode is NSSpeechModeNormal, input characters are spoken as you would expect to hear them. When the mode is NSSpeechModeLiteral, each character is spoken literally, so that the word “cat” is spoken “C–A–T”.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Set the embedded speech command delimiter characters to be used for the synthesizer. An NSDictionary object that contains the delimiter information. See “Command Delimiter Keys” for the keys you can use to specify values in this dictionary.

By default, the opening delimiter is “[[” and the closing delimiter is “]]”. Your application might need to change these delimiters temporarily if those character sequences occur naturally in a text buffer that is to be spoken. Your application can also disable embedded command processing by passing empty delimiters (as empty strings). See “Speech Command Delimiter” for the keys you can use to specify values in this dictionary.

This property works with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The command delimiter string that prefixes a command, by default, this is [[.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The command delimiter string that suffixes a command,by default, this is ]].

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Set the current voice on the synthesizer to the specified voice. An NSDictionary object that contains the phoneme symbols and example words defined for the current synthesizer.

Your application might use this information to show the user what symbols to use when entering phonemic text directly. See “NSSpeechPhonemeSymbolsProperty Dictionary Keys” for the keys you can use to specify values in this dictionary.

This property works with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

An array of dictionary objects containing the keys NSSpeechDictionaryEntrySpelling and NSSpeechDictionaryEntryPhonemes.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The phonemic representation of an entry. An NSString.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The spelling of an entry. An NSString.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The canonical locale identifier string describing the dictionary's locale. A locale is generally composed of three pieces of ordered information: a language code, a region code, and a variant code. Refer to documentation about NSLocale or Locales Programming Guide for more information

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

A string representation of the dictionary's last modification date in the international format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ±HHMM). If the same word appears across multiple dictionaries, the one from the dictionary with the most recent date will be used.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

An array of dictionary objects containing the keys NSSpeechDictionaryEntrySpelling and NSSpeechDictionaryEntryPhonemes.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The number of errors that have occurred in processing the current text string, since the last call to objectForProperty:error: with the NSSpeechErrorsProperty property. An NSNumber

Using the NSSpeechErrorOldestCode keys and the NSSpeechErrorNewestCode keys, you can get information about the oldest and most recent errors that occurred since the last call to objectForProperty:error:, but you cannot get information about any intervening errors.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The position in the text string of the most recent error that occurred since the last call to objectForProperty:error: with the NSSpeechErrorsProperty property. An NSNumber.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The error code of the most recent error that occurred since the last call to objectForProperty:error: with the NSSpeechErrorsProperty property. An NSNumber

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The position in the text string of the first error that occurred since the last call to objectForProperty:error: with the NSSpeechErrorsProperty property. An NSNumber

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The error code of the first error that occurred since the last call to objectForProperty:error: with the NSSpeechErrorsProperty property. An NSNumber

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get speech-error information for the synthesizer. An NSDictionary object that contains speech-error information. See “NSSpeechErrorProperty Dictionary Keys” for a description of the keys present in the dictionary.

This property lets you get information about various run-time errors that occur during speaking, such as the detection of badly formed embedded commands. Errors returned directly by the Speech Synthesis Manager are not reported here.

If your application implements the speechSynthesizer:didEncounterErrorAtIndex:ofString:message: delegate message, the delegate message can use this property to get error information.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set the synthesizer’s current text-processing mode. An NSString object that specifies whether the channel is currently in text input mode or phoneme input mode.The supported values are listed in “Speaking Modes for NSSpeechInputModeProperty.”

When in phoneme-processing mode, a text string is interpreted to be a series of characters representing various phonemes and prosodic controls. Some synthesizers might support additional input-processing modes and define constants for these modes.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates that each digit or character is spoken literally (so that 12 is spoken as "one, two", or the word "cat" is spoken as "C A T").

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates that the synthesizer assembles digits into numbers (so that 12 is spoken as "twelve") and text into words.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates that the synthesizer is in phoneme-processing mode. When in phoneme-processing mode, a text buffer is interpreted to be a series of characters representing various phonemes and prosodic controls.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates that the synthesizer is in text-processing mode.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set the synthesizer’s current number-processing mode. An NSString object that specifies whether the synthesizer is currently in normal or literal number-processing mode. The constants NSSpeechModeNormal and NSSpeechModeLiteral are the possible values of this string.

When the number-processing mode is NSSpeechModeNormal, the synthesizer assembles digits into numbers (so that “12” is spoken as “twelve”). When the mode is NSSpeechModeLiteral, each digit is spoken literally (so that “12” is spoken as “one, two”).

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Set the speech output destination to a file or to the computer’s speakers. An NSURL object. To write the speech output to a file, use the file’s NSURL; to generate the sound through the computer’s speakers, use NULL.

This property works with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

An example word that illustrates the use of the phoneme.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The character offset into the example word that identifies the location of the end of the phoneme.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The character offset into the example word that identifies the location of the beginning of the phoneme.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The symbol used to represent the phoneme.

The symbol does not necessarily have a phonetic connection to the phoneme, but might simply be an abstract textual representation of it.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get a list of phoneme symbols and example words defined for the synthesizer. An NSDictionary object that contains the phoneme symbols and example words defined for the current synthesizer

Your application might use this information to show the user what symbols to use when entering phonemic text directly. See “NSSpeechPhonemeSymbolsProperty Dictionary Keys” for a description of the keys present in the dictionary.

This property works with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set a synthesizer’s baseline speech pitch. An NSNumberobject that specifies the baseline speech pitch.

Typical voice frequencies range from around 90 hertz for a low-pitched male voice to perhaps 300 hertz for a high-pitched child’s voice. These frequencies correspond to approximate pitch values in the ranges of 30.000 to 40.000 and 55.000 to 65.000, respectively.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set a synthesizer’s pitch modulation. An NSNumber object that specifies the synthesizer’s pitch modulation.

Pitch modulation is also expressed as a floating-point value in the range of 0.000 to 127.000. These values correspond to MIDI note values, where 60.000 is equal to middle C on a piano scale. The most useful speech pitches fall in the range of 40.000 to 55.000. A pitch modulation value of 0.000 corresponds to a monotone in which all speech is generated at the frequency corresponding to the speech pitch. Given a speech pitch value of 46.000, a pitch modulation of 2.000 would mean that the widest possible range of pitches corresponding to the actual frequency of generated text would be 44.000 to 48.000.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set the synthesizer’s baseline speech pitch. An NSNumber object that specifies the synthesizer’s baseline speech pitch.

Typical voice frequencies range from around 90 hertz for a low-pitched male voice to perhaps 300 hertz for a high-pitched child’s voice. These frequencies correspond to approximate pitch values in the ranges of 30.000 to 40.000 and 55.000 to 65.000, respectively.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get the message code for the most recently encountered synchronization command. An NSNumber object that specifies the most recently encountered synchronization command.

This property works with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Set a synthesizer back to its default state. There is no value associated with this property; to reset the channel to its default state, set the key to NULL.

You can use this function to, for example, set speech pitch and speech rate to default values.

This property works with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The number of characters left in the input string of text.

When the value of this key is zero, you can destroy the input string.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates whether the synthesizer is currently producing speech.

A synthesizer is considered to be producing speech even at some times when no audio data is being produced through the computer’s speaker. This occurs, for example, when the synthesizer is processing input, but has not yet initiated speech or when speech output is paused.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates whether speech output in the synthesizer has been paused by sending the message pauseSpeakingAtBoundary:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Indicates that the synthesizer is in phoneme-processing mode. When in phoneme-processing mode, a text buffer is interpreted to be a series of characters representing various phonemes and prosodic controls.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get speech-status information for the synthesizer. An NSDictionary that contains speech-status information for the synthesizer. See “NSSpeechStatusProperty Dictionary Keys” for a description of the keys present in the dictionary.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The identifier of the speech synthesizer.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get information about the speech synthesizer being used on the specified synthesizer. An NSDictionary object that contains information about the speech synthesizer being used on the specified synthesizer. See “Speech Synthesizer Property Keys” for a description of the keys present in the dictionary.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The version of the speech synthesizer.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Get or set the speech volume for a synthesizer. An NSNumber that specifies the synthesizer’s speech volume.

Volumes are expressed in floating-point values ranging from 0.0 through 1.0. A value of 0.0 corresponds to silence, and a value of 1.0 corresponds to the maximum possible volume. Volume units lie on a scale that is linear with amplitude or voltage. A doubling of perceived loudness corresponds to a doubling of the volume.

This property is used with setObject:forProperty:error: and objectForProperty:error:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The perceived age (in years) of the voice. An NSString

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A demonstration string to speak. An NSString

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The perceived gender of the voice. The supported values are listed in “Voice Genders.” An NSString

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A female voice

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A male voice

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A neutral voice (or a novelty voice with a humorous or whimsical quality).

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A unique string identifying the voice. The identifiers of the system voices are listed in Listing 1.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A list of unicode character id ranges that define the unicode characters that can be spoken in character-by-character mode by this voice. ach list entry is a dictionary containing two keys: "UnicodeCharBegin", an integer value containing the beginning unicode id of this range; and "UnicodeCharBegin", an integer value containing the ending unicode id of this range.

These ranges can be used by your application to determine if the voice can speak the name of an individual character when spoken in character-by-character mode.

Ssome voices may not provide this attribute.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The language of the voice (currently US English only). An NSString

Deprecated: Use NSVoiceLocaleIdentifier instead.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The language of the voice. An NSString

The canonical locale identifier string describing the voice's locale. A locale is generally composed of three pieces of ordered information: a language code, a region code, and a variant code. Refer to documentation about the NSLocale class or Locales Programming Guide for more information.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The name of the voice suitable for display. An NSString.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

A list of unicode character id ranges that define the unicode characters supported by this voice. a dictionary containing two keys: "UnicodeCharBegin", an integer value containing the beginning unicode id of this range; and "UnicodeCharBegin", an integer value containing the ending unicode id of this range. The synthesizer will convert or ignore any characters not contained in the range of supported characters.

Some voices may not provide this attribute.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Provides the value of a receiver’s property.

Original signature is '- (id)objectForProperty:(NSString *)speechProperty error:(NSError **)out_error'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns a pointer that identifies information about all of the observers that are registered with the receiver.

Original signature is '- (void *)observationInfo'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

This message is sent to the receiver when the value at the specified key path relative to the given object has changed.

Original signature is '- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns an array describing the options for the specified binding.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)optionDescriptionsForBinding:(NSString *)binding'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Pauses synthesis in progress at a given boundary.

Original signature is '- (void)pauseSpeakingAtBoundary:(NSSpeechBoundary)boundary'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sends a specified message to the receiver and returns the result of the message. (required)

Original signature is '- (id)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on a new background thread.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelectorInBackground:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)arg'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on the main thread using the default mode.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelectorOnMainThread:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on the main thread using the specified modes.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelectorOnMainThread:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait modes:(NSArray *)array'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on the specified thread using the default mode.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector onThread:(NSThread *)thr withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on the specified thread using the specified modes.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector onThread:(NSThread *)thr withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait modes:(NSArray *)array'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sends a message to the receiver with an object as the argument. (required)

Original signature is '- (id)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)anObject'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on the current thread using the default mode after a delay.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)anArgument afterDelay:(NSTimeInterval)delay'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invokes a method of the receiver on the current thread using the specified modes after a delay.

Original signature is '- (void)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)anArgument afterDelay:(NSTimeInterval)delay inModes:(NSArray *)modes'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sends a message to the receiver with two objects as arguments. (required)

Original signature is '- (id)performSelector:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)anObject withObject:(id)anotherObject'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Provides the phoneme symbols generated by the given text.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)phonemesFromText:(NSString *)text'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Provides the receiver’s speaking rate.

Original signature is '- (float)rate'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Decrements the receiver�s reference count.

Original signature is '- (oneway void)release'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Stops a given object from receiving change notifications for the property specified by a given key-path relative to the receiver.

Original signature is '- (void)removeObserver:(NSObject *)anObserver forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Removes the object at the specified index from the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (void)removeValueAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index fromPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute another object for itself during archiving.

Original signature is '- (id)replacementObjectForArchiver:(NSArchiver *)anArchiver'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute another object for itself during encoding.

Original signature is '- (id)replacementObjectForCoder:(NSCoder *)aCoder'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute another object for itself during keyed archiving.

Original signature is '- (id)replacementObjectForKeyedArchiver:(NSKeyedArchiver *)archiver'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Overridden by subclasses to substitute another object or a copy for itself during distribution encoding.

Original signature is '- (id)replacementObjectForPortCoder:(NSPortCoder *)aCoder'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Replaces the object at the specified index in the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (void)replaceValueAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index inPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key withValue:(id)value'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver implements or inherits a method that can respond to a specified message. (required)

Original signature is '- (BOOL)respondsToSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver implements or inherits a method that can respond to a specified message.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)respondsToSelector:(SEL)aSelector'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Increments the receiver�s reference count.

Original signature is '- (id)retain'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns the receiver’s reference count. (required)

Original signature is '- (NSUInteger)retainCount'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Performs a safe release operation on the given instance.

The equivalent code is:

CopyC#

if (instance != null) instance.Release();

Returns an NSString-keyed dictionary of the receiver's scriptable properties.

Original signature is '- (NSDictionary *)scriptingProperties'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Given an object specifier, returns the specified object or objects in the receiving container.

Original signature is '- (id)scriptingValueForSpecifier:(NSScriptObjectSpecifier *)objectSpecifier'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns the receiver. (required)

Original signature is '- (id)self'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sends a message to the super instance of this receiver.

Sends a message to the super instance of this receiver.

The last parameter passed must be an object array that contains the variable list of arguments

Sends a message to this receiver (either a Class or an object instance).

The last parameter passed must be an object array that contains the variable list of arguments

Invoked by setValue:forKey: when it’s given a nil value for a scalar value (such as an int or float).

Original signature is '- (void)setNilValueForKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Specifies the value of a receiver’s property.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)setObject:(id)object forProperty:(NSString *)property error:(NSError **)outError'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the property of the receiver specified by a given key to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the value for the property identified by a given key path to a given value.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked by setValue:forKey: when it finds no property for a given key.

Original signature is '- (void)setValue:(id)value forUndefinedKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets properties of the receiver with values from a given dictionary, using its keys to identify the properties.

Original signature is '- (void)setValuesForKeysWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)keyedValues'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sets the receiver’s current voice.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)setVoice:(NSString *)voiceIdentifier'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Begins speaking synthesized text through the system’s default sound output device.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)startSpeakingString:(NSString *)text'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Begins synthesizing text into a sound (AIFF) file.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)startSpeakingString:(NSString *)text toURL:(NSURL *)url'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Stops synthesis in progress.

Original signature is '- (void)stopSpeaking'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Stops synthesis in progress at a given boundary.

Original signature is '- (void)stopSpeakingAtBoundary:(NSSpeechBoundary)boundary'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns the class object for the receiver’s superclass. (required)

Original signature is '- (Class)superclass'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns array containing the keys for the to-many relationship properties of the receiver.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)toManyRelationshipKeys'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns the keys for the to-one relationship properties of the receiver, if any.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)toOneRelationshipKeys'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Removes a given binding between the receiver and a controller.

Original signature is '- (void)unbind:(NSString *)binding'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Indicates whether the receiver uses the speech feedback window.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)usesFeedbackWindow'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the value specified by a given pointer is valid for the property identified by a given key.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)validateValue:(id *)ioValue forKey:(NSString *)key error:(NSError **)outError'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the value specified by a given pointer is valid for a given key path relative to the receiver.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)validateValue:(id *)ioValue forKeyPath:(NSString *)inKeyPath error:(NSError **)outError'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Retrieves an indexed object from the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (id)valueAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index inPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns the class of the value that will be returned for the specified binding.

Original signature is '- (Class)valueClassForBinding:(NSString *)binding'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns the value for the property identified by a given key.

Original signature is '- (id)valueForKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns the value for the derived property identified by a given key path.

Original signature is '- (id)valueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked by valueForKey: when it finds no property corresponding to a given key.

Original signature is '- (id)valueForUndefinedKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Retrieves a named object from the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (id)valueWithName:(NSString *)name inPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Retrieves an object by ID from the collection specified by the passed key.

Original signature is '- (id)valueWithUniqueID:(id)uniqueID inPropertyWithKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Returns the identifier of the receiver’s current voice.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)voice'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Provides the receiver’s speaking volume.

Original signature is '- (float)volume'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked to inform the receiver that the value of a given property is about to change.

Original signature is '- (void)willChangeValueForKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked to inform the receiver that the specified change is about to be made to a specified unordered to-many relationship.

Original signature is '- (void)willChangeValueForKey:(NSString *)key withSetMutation:(NSKeyValueSetMutationKind)mutationKind usingObjects:(NSSet *)objects'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Invoked to inform the receiver that the specified change is about to be executed at given indexes for a specified ordered to-many relationship.

Original signature is '- (void)willChange:(NSKeyValueChange)change valuesAtIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes forKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns a pointer to the zone from which the receiver was allocated. (required)

Original signature is '- (NSZone *)zone'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.