private SpeechService()
{
configuration = SpeechServiceConfiguration.FromFile();
Logging.Debug("Current UI culture is " + Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name);
// Set the culture for this thread to the installed culture, to allow better selection of TTS voices
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo(CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture.Name);
Logging.Debug("Thread UI culture is " + Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name);
}