# startup state

Startup state indicates that the TextToSpeechStartup or TextToSpeechStartupEx function has been successfully called and the text-to-speech system is not in one of the three special modes; wave-file, log-file, or speech-to-memory mode. While DECtalk Software is in the startup state, speech samples are sent to an audio device or ignored, depending on whether the DO_NOT_USE_AUDIO_DEVICE flag is set in the dwDeviceOptions parameter of the startup function. If the text-to-speech system is in one of its special modes, the speech samples are handled accordingly.