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AnnaBertoncini
Community Member
1 year ago

AI TTS and SSML functionality

Hello everyone, I would like to bring the attention of the community on AI TTS and the limited use of SSML with it. I know that it is not supported because you built AI voices "to understand the ...
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arabellas
Community Member
16 days ago

Glad to hear y'all are still working on ways to improve pronunciation control. I'm back because I've been wrestling for an hour with the word "concrete" - there is seemingly no way with the voice I'm using to get the emphasis on the second syllable.

I'm trying to use this word as an adjective to mean "solid/unchangeable" - "the budget is concrete." I've tried so many things - 

Con-creet
Con"creet"
con creet
con *creet*

I hate to change wording in the SME-approved script I'm working with, but the pronunciation is forcing my hand.

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    BrendtWaters
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    16 days ago

    "The budget is con creet" worked for me for most voices. I think that splitting it up will stop the emphasis being on the "con".

    Maybe also try (mis)spelling the 2nd syllable more -- like maybe "kreet". It has been my experience that you more you puzzle the AI ("That's not a word"), the more it'll stop trying to think and just do what it's told.

    But yeah, the <phoneme> tag would fix this in a snap.