Speech Synthesis Markup Language

<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<p>Here is an example of an SSML document:
</p>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<speak xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
       xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
       version="1.0">
  <metadata>
    <dc:title xml:lang="en">Telephone Menu: Level 1</dc:title>
  </metadata>

<p>
    <s xml:lang="en-US">
      <voice name="David" gender="male" age="25">
        For English, press <emphasis>one</emphasis>.
      </voice>
    </s>
    <s xml:lang="es-MX">
      <voice name="Miguel" gender="male" age="25">
        Para español, oprima el <emphasis>dos</emphasis>.
      </voice>
    </s>
  </p>

</speak>

<h2 id="features">Features</h2>
<p>SSML specifies a fair amount of markup for <a href="/facts/Prosody_(linguistics)/UDzAIz46">prosody</a>, which is not included in the above example. This includes markup for 
</p>
<ul><li>pitch</li>
<li>contour</li>
<li>pitch range</li>
<li>rate</li>
<li>duration</li>
<li>volume</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Pronunciation_Lexicon_Specification/sE1cpjym">Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Speech_Recognition_Grammar_Specification/7QmFc6sh">Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Semantic_Interpretation_for_Speech_Recognition/Xo1NhSuJ">Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/SABLE/ld9bz6do">SABLE</a> speech synthesis markup language, intended to combine SSML, STML, and JSML</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis11/">W3C SSML 1.1 Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-speech-synthesis-20040907/">W3C SSML 1.0 Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/10/20/ssml.html">Introduction to SSML on XML.com</a></li></ul>

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Speech Synthesis Markup Language