Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)

The Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) is an XML based markup language for handling TTS within a VoiceXML application. VoiceXML 2.0 inherits a set of SSML 1.0 elements, as described in more detail in the VoiceXML 2.0 specification.

Table 1 summarises the SSML elements available in VoiceXML 2.0 and the WebSphere Voice Server implementation.