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Speech Synthesis Markup Language(SSML) is a web standard for generating synthetic speech for voice-impaired users or device audio output.

SSML can be used to create software which integrates with voice services such as Skype to provide text-to-speech capabilities.

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I’d like to use Alexa SSML to only play a notification sound via the tag. However that does seem to work only in conjunction with text. In case it is relevant, I am sending the SSML to Alexa via the openHAB home automation software and its Amazon…
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Why does my SSML not work on Alexa Devices?

I am making an extremely simple skill to test out Alexa's SSML capabilities. For simplicity's sake I am building the whole thing in Alexa's online Developer Portal. Here is the LaunchRequest I have in my index.js: const LaunchRequestHandler = { …
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C#, How to add Pitch to SpeechSynthesizer.SpeakSsml(String)

I use SpeechSynthesizer.SpeakSsml(String). However not able to build an SSML containing pitch. So far I could not find any working example online.
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How is Alexa programmed to sing?

If you say "Alexa, sing for me", she will choose one of several songs that have been created with her voice. The voice(s) for each of these songs must have been created somehow. At first, I thought that SSML would provide the tools necessary to do…
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Azure Speech Service CLI, using SSML Error code: 1007

I am using Azure Speech Service CLI, to synthesize with a SSML file, but I get following error CANCELED: Reason=Error CANCELED: ErrorCode=ConnectionFailure CANCELED: ErrorDetails=Connection was closed by the remote host. Error code: 1007. Error…
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SSML support in Android TTS?

This question was asked several years ago, but hopefully things have changed... Could someone point me to any details about which versions of Android support what subset of SSML in its Text-To-Speech engine? I did some experiments using…
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Microsoft Azure TTS Cognitive Service Voice Limit Issue

I am very new to learn cognitive services of Text-to-Speech (TTS) of Microsoft Azure. I successfully able to convert the given text into an audio file by using TTS services of Azure.It works fine when I'm having a single voice element in my SSML XML…
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C#: SSML syntax for Chinese pinyin using Microsoft Azure Text to Speech API

I have developed an C# Windows apps uisng Azure "Text to Speech" API but for Chinese, I have not figured out how to insert pinyin strings in SSML format that the Azure API can interpret. I'm aware that Amazon Polly can interpre the following SSML…
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Only getting the audio of the last request when doing multiple requests at once using Google's Text to Speech API

When doing multiple requests at once, using Promise.all, I seem to only get the audioContent of the last resolving request. I'm synthesizing large text's and need to split it up using the API's character limit. I had this working before, so I know…
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google actions sdk: dynamic change in voice

In the use case I am working on, I wish to change the TTS voice by passing a parameter in the conversation speech string. For example, Hello The actions console mentions that we can override…
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SSML output with custom language

I'm building a simple alexa skill. I'm trying to output a text message (in italian) with some english word in it, but i don't found how let it works.. 1 try return github.getFollowersCount(search) .then((count) => { const speechOutput =…
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How to make Alexa speak phone number

I want Alexa to say phone number as digits not as its value. Ex: [Alexa] the contact number is 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0. But now Alexa says as the contact number is nine billion eight hundred seventy six million five hundred forty three thousand…
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How to produce emotional speech using ssml prosody element?

How to produce emotional speech using ssml prosody element? I have tried this piece of code to produce sad emotion in the speech, but there are no changes in the voice emotion. static void Main(string[] args) { SpeechSynthesizer synth = new…
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Use text to speech in bot framework

I'm using microsoft bot framework, C# and Visual Studio and I'm trying to get the bot to reply with speech, I'm currently working with this documentation, I have added it to my code like so: [LuisIntent("GreetTheBot")] public async Task…
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Action on google SSML is not working

SSML in action on google node.js is not working. It simply tells the value along with SSML tag. Example: Hello All It simply tells that the tag like "less than speak greater than hello less than break time equal…
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