Using SSML with TTS

[BobsYourUncle]

Hi,

From what I have read, the Android TTS does support simple SSML formatting (Speech Synthesis Markup Language). However, I have tried the following and all the angle brackets are just read out and the formatting is ignored.

S = "That is a <emphasis> big </emphasis> car!"
TTS1.Speak(S, True)

Am I doing something wrong, or does the TTS library not support this yet?

Hope someone can help!

P.S. B4A is awesome!

 

[Erel]

Interesting. Seems like a completely undocumented feature. Maybe this link will help: from irc - best practice for specifying pronunciation for Android TTS engine? - Stack Overflow

 

[BobsYourUncle]

OK! That's got it (thanks Erel). If you include the full XML format it works! :sign0060:

   t = "<speak version=~1.0~ xmlns=~http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis~" & CRLF
   t = t & "xmlns:xsi=~http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance~" & CRLF
   t = t & "xsi:schemaLocation=~http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" & CRLF
   t = t & "http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/synthesis.xsd~"  & CRLF
   t = t & "xml:lang=~en-US~>"  & CRLF
   t = t & "That Is a <emphasis> big </emphasis> car!" & CRLF
   t = t & "That Is a <emphasis level=~strong~> huge </emphasis>" & CRLF
   t = t & "bank account!" & CRLF
   t = t & "</speak>"
   
   t = t.Replace("~",QUOTE)
   
   TTS1.Speak(t, True)

 

[NJDude]

Just wondering, what if you avoid the headers and just enter:

t = "<speak>" & CRLF
t = t & "That Is a <emphasis> big </emphasis> car!" & CRLF
t = t& "</speak>"

Does it work?, I think it should.

EDIT TO ADD: Actually it does work, but I don't hear any emphasis, I tried that on Android 2.x and Android 3.x