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Using SSML for Text-to-Speech
Hi. Completely agree that some more examples would be really useful.
I'm struggling quite a bit. Not well-versed in html.
I am trying to put together some basic literacy lessons and want letter sounds pronounced phonetically. I can't get the tag right. I tried copying the above example. Storyline accepts the markup, but just leaves silence where the ssss sound is supposed to be. Where have I gone wrong?
<phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="s">sss</phoneme>
Hi Jessica!
Sorry to hear you've run into trouble while working with SSML tags in Storyline!
Testing the tag you shared on my end (64-bit Storyline 360 version 3.85.31840.0 via Windows Parallels on a Mac M1) I did observe the "S" being pronounced. Here's a quick screen recording sharing my results.
To clarify, does your code contain the necessary open and close speak tags used to identify SSML-enhanced text?
If you're comfortable sharing a copy of your .story file, it would be helpful to have a closer look at what you've built out so far. Feel free to share it here in the discussion or privately through a support case.
We'll delete it from our system as soon as troubleshooting is complete!