Element in SSML that chooses, through its name attribute, which voice speaks the text inside it. Accent follows the voice's locale, so any two en-US voices sound alike in accent.
Also called voice name.
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Terms in this definition
- SSML
Markup based on XML that controls how text to speech sounds, including pronunciation, pauses, volume, rate, pitch and voice. It is submitted with speak_ssml_async().
- Locale
Determines how Power Query reads dates and numbers stored as text when converting them. By default Power BI Desktop follows the regional format of the operating system; you can override this per file, or per step using Change type > Using locale.
Related terms
- mstts:express-as role
Attribute of mstts:express-as letting a voice act as someone of another age or gender, for instance YoungAdultFemale or SeniorMale, while the voice name stays the same. Roles that are not supported are ignored.
- SSML voice effect
An optional attribute on the SSML voice element that tunes audio for where it will be played, such as eq_telecomhp8k for 8 kHz telephone lines or eq_car for cars and other enclosed vehicles.