SSML elements and attributes

Table 1 shows the notes about SSML elements and attributes in Simplified Chinese.

Table 1. Limitations for Simplified Chinese SSML elements
Element Implementation details
<emphasis> This element is not supported.
<phoneme> The IPA alphabet is not supported. The IBM alphabet is supported.

The IBM alphabet used in SSML refers to the phonology used by IBM TTS. The following example shows the Simplified Chinese phonetic pronunciation of “
the word "computer" in Simplified Chinese
” using the IBM TTS phonetic alphabet:

<phoneme alphabet="ibm" ph="+.ji4.suan4.ji1">
the word "computer" in Simplified Chinese
</phoneme>

For more information on IBM SPRs, see the IBM Text-To-Speech SSML Programming Guide.
<prosody> The pitch, range and rate attributes are not supported.
<say-as> The details="punctuation" attribute value is not supported.
Parent topic: Simplified Chinese