<say-as>

<say-as>

<say-as> tags provide contextual hints to the TTS engine about how text should be pronounced.

Attributes

Name	Data type	Description
type	String	Specifies the contextual hint. See TTS Engine Characteristics to view the say-as tag types.
interpret-as	String	Indicates the content type of the contained text construct (e.g. number, date, time, currency). This attribute is redundant, however, as the <say-as> tag types can do this as well.
format	String	Gives hints on the precise formatting of the contained text for content types that may have ambiguous formats (e.g. cardinal, ordinal, and digits (for number) and dmy, md, my, and ym (for date)). This attribute is redundant, however, as the <say-as> tag types can do this as well.
sub		This attribute is not supported.

Notes

None

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.0">
  <form>
    <block>
      <prompt>
        Acronym is spelled:
        <say-as type="acronym">
          acronym
        </say-as>
      </prompt>
    </block>
  </form>
</vxml>

The output of the above script would be:

Computer: Acronym is spelled: A-C-R-O-N-Y-M.

Child Tags

<value>

Parent Tags

<audio>, <emphasis>, <enumerate>, <foreach>, <paragraph>, <prompt>, <prosody>, <sentence>, <speak>, <voice>