Specifies a string of text to speak in place of the text contained in the element.
Syntax
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<sub alias="string"> </sub> | |
Attributes
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alias | Required. Specifies the substitute text. |
Remarks
Before synthesizing a phrase, the text-to-speech (TTS) engine normalizes it. The normalization process converts symbols, numbers, and other non-orthographic entities into text representing the spoken value of these entities. For example, normalization converts "$1.99" into "one dollar and ninety-nine cents."
Use a sub element to create a custom text value for any text element. Because the TTS engine processes sub elements before normalizing the phrase, the substitute text is normalized before being synthesized.
Example
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <speak version="1.0" xmlns ="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xml:lang="en-US"> <!--Instruct the text-to-speech engine to pronounce the string "SAPI" as "Speech Application Programming Interface"--> <sub alias="Speech Application Programming Interface"> SAPI </sub> </speak> | |
