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	Voice

Type

SSML item

Available from

Any level tab in the Prompt File Editor. For more information about the Prompt File Editor, see Using the Prompt File Editor.

Purpose

Because of cultural or other preferences, you might find it desirable to change the type of voice the speech synthesis engine uses to speak text. The Voice item makes it possible to control various aspects of the voice used to render text, including gender and age.

Behavior

Based on the properties you set, the Voice item controls the type of voice used to render text. All properties are optional, but if you use the Voice item, you must use at least one property. The Voice item has four properties:

Properties

• Gender - Select the gender you want the voice to have. The choices include: Male, Female, and Neutral.

• Age - Enter in this field a non-negative integer.

• This number represents the supposed age of the speaker. So, if you want a childlike voice to render the text, you might set this to 6 or 7. If you want the voice to sound like an older person, you might set this to 60 or 70.

• Variant - Enter in this field a positive integer.

• This number represents an alternate voice as defined by the speech synthesis engine. Valid values are determined by the speech synthesis engine. So, to use this property, consult the documentation for your speech synthesis engine.

• Name - Enter in this field the name that you want to identify the voice.

• This name is, usually, a name of a person. So, for example, a male English voice might be named "John," and a female Spanish voice might be named "Juanita."

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