Change the way the assistant reads out numbers

Question

Is there a way to change how google assistant reads out numbers?

For example, 108 is a number, and assistant reads it out as "one hundred eight." Here, instead of "one hundred eight" I want the assistant to speak like "one oh eight".

Answer 1

Probably. While there are some ways you can change how it reads out numbers using the <say-as> ssml tag, you still don't have complete control over how it pronounces each number.

So

<speak>
  <say-as interpret-as="cardinal">108</say-as>
</speak>

speaks it the default way - "one hundred eight" (at least for US English. Different locales may speak it differently).

<speak>
  <say-as interpret-as="characters">108</say-as>
</speak>

says it the way you want (again, in US English): "one oh eight".

If you wanted it as "one zero eight", however, you'd be out of luck.