static List<SpeechItem> ReadFromDisk()
{
List<SpeechItem> items = null;
string path = Util.SpeechItemsPath ();
if (File.Exists (path)) {
using (Stream stream = File.Open (path, FileMode.Open)) {
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
items = (List<SpeechItem>)bf.Deserialize (stream);
}
}
return items;
}