Note
Please see Azure Cognitive Services for Speech documentation for the latest supported speech solutions.
PromptBuilder.AppendSsmlMarkup Method
Appends the specified string containing SSML markup into the PromptBuilder object.
Namespace: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis
Assembly: Microsoft.Speech (in Microsoft.Speech.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub AppendSsmlMarkup ( _
ssmlMarkup As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As PromptBuilder
Dim ssmlMarkup As String
instance.AppendSsmlMarkup(ssmlMarkup)
public void AppendSsmlMarkup(
string ssmlMarkup
)
Parameters
- ssmlMarkup
Type: System.String
A string containing SSML markup.
Remarks
You must use the appropriate escape characters when appending SSML markup. Notice the backward-slashes preceding the quotation marks enclosing the value of the interpret-as attribute in the following example:
builder.AppendSsmlMarkup("<say-as interpret-as = \"characters\"> chair </say-as>");
Note
The string used as an argument to AppendSsmlMarkup(String) cannot include a speak element.
When using AppendSsmlMarkup(String) to specify inline pronunciations in a phoneme element, you can use phones from any of the following phonetic alphabets, provided that the current speech engine supports it:
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Universal Phone Set (UPS)
SAPI Phone Set
Any SSML-compliant speech engine will speak phones from the IPA.
You can also append a file containing SSML markup using the AppendSsml(XmlReader) method. To append text to be spoken that is not formatted with markup language, use one of the AppendText(), AppendTextWithAlias(String, String), AppendTextWithHint(), or AppendTextWithPronunciation(String, String) methods.