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// View all the voices
NSLog(@"%@", [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice speechVoices]);
/* Output

	th-TH	pt-BR	sk-SK
	fr-CA	ro-RO	no-NO
	fi-FI	pl-PL	de-DE
	nl-NL	id-ID	tr-TR
	it-IT	pt-PT	fr-FR
	ru-RU	es-MX	zh-HK

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/* If no voice is specified, the system's default will be used. */
utterance.voice = [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice voiceWithLanguage:@"en-US"];

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/* Setting these values after a speech utterance has been enqueued will have no effect. */

utterance.rate = AVSpeechUtteranceMaximumSpeechRate/2; // Values are pinned between AVSpeechUtteranceMinimumSpeechRate and AVSpeechUtteranceMaximumSpeechRate.
utterance.pitchMultiplier = 1.5; // [0.5 - 2] Default = 1
utterance.volume = 0.5; // [0-1] Default = 1

utterance.preUtteranceDelay = 1; // NSTimeInterval Default is 0.0
utterance.postUtteranceDelay = 1; // NSTimeInterval Default is 0.0

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- (void)speechSynthesizer:(AVSpeechSynthesizer *)synthesizer willSpeakRangeOfSpeechString:(NSRange)characterRange utterance:(AVSpeechUtterance *)utterance
{
    // Highlight the portion of text that will be spoken.
    NSMutableAttributedString *aString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:_textLabel.text];
    [aString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor redColor] range:characterRange];
    _textLabel.attributedText = aString;
    
}

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// Create a synth
AVSpeechSynthesizer *synth = [[AVSpeechSynthesizer alloc] init];
//create an utterance
AVSpeechUtterance* utterance = [AVSpeechUtterance speechUtteranceWithString:@"Hello World"];
//Speak!
[synth speakUtterance:utterance];

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NSString *bundlePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];

NSString *filePath = [bundlePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"image.png"];

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NSString* string = @"Hello World"; 

UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-BoldOblique" size:21];

CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(300,NSUIntegerMax);

NSDictionary *attributes = @{NSFontAttributeName: font};

CGRect rect = [string boundingRectWithSize:constraint 
                                   options:(NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin|NSStringDrawingUsesFontLeading)