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MichaelMowad
Community Member
3 days ago

Help with TTS SSML Phoneme Tags

Hello. I'm not the strongest programmer so I would appreciate any assistance in creating TTS SSML Phoneme Tags to correctly pronounce my company's name in Articulate Storyline.

Company name: "Docuvera"

Pronunciation: rhymes with "Primavara"

Here is what I have tried but it still sounds wrong.

<speak>
Docuv<phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="æ"></phoneme>ra
</speak>

Thanks so much to anyone who can help!

  • JHauglie's avatar
    JHauglie
    Community Member

    I have found this page to be very useful: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/supportedtags.html

    It's posted in the information about using SSML somewhere on the Articulate site, but since the launch of the update I don't know where that is.

    So to get "Docuvera" to sound like "Primavara," you could try:

    <speak>Docuv <phoneme>"ae"</phoneme> ra</speak>

    OR (depending on which voice you are using)

    <speak> <say-as>Docuvahra</say-as></speak>

    Good luck!