This guide contains language specific information referred to in the "Voxeo Enhanced Text-To-Speech (TTS) Guide".
Embedded tags are special codes that can be inserted into input text to customize the TTS engine's behavior in a variety of ways. The
Voxeo Enhanced Text-To-Speech (TTS) Guide describes the tag format and functionality. Below is the description of a tag that is specific to Mexican Spanish.In es-MX, the default interpretation of a currency expression containing a dollar sign ($) is
pesos. You can change the interpretation by explicitly declaring dollars, as in USD $50, US$50, or $US50.Examples:
|
Input |
Pronunciation |
| $34 | treinta y cuatro pesos |
| USD $34 | treinta y cuatro dólares |
Use the currency mode tag to customize the interpretation of the dollar sign:
|
Currency mode tags |
Description |
| \!cdd | Interpret the dollar sign as dollars. |
| \!cdp | Interpret the dollar sign as pesos (default). |
For example:
|
Input |
Pronunciation |
| $50, \!cdd $60, \!cdp $70 | cincuenta pesos, sesenta dólares, setenta pesos |
| \!cdp USD $50 | cincuenta dólares |
Note: In the second example, the tag does not override textual specification of currency type.
A currency tag remains in effect throughout program execution until you switch the interpretation with another currency tag.
The following tables show the inventory of available symbols for use in en-US Symbolic Phonetic Representations (SPRs). Use this chapter in conjunction with the SPR information found in the Voxeo Enhanced Text-To-Speech (TTS) Guide.
Each sound symbol is accompanied by examples illustrating typical spellings of the sound in actual words, with the letters representing the given sound bolded. Due to dialectal differences, the SPR examples shown may not always agree with your own pronunciations.
The following table includes the es-MX symbols for vowels.
|
Symbol |
Example words |
| a | agua |
| e | este |
| i | igual |
| o | oso |
| u | uve |
The following table includes the es-MX symbols for consonants.
|
Symbol |
Example words |
| b | basta, hubo |
| C | coche, chico |
| d | dar, nada |
| f | flaco, afuera |
| g | goma, haga |
| j | jota, gente |
| k | coger, irak |
| l | loco, algo |
| L | milla, llueve |
| m | mano, amor |
| n | no, mano |
| N | Espańa |
| p | parte, apagar |
| r | arena, pero |
| R | ropa, perro |
| s | si, casa |
| t | toma, atar |
| w | fuera, deuda |
| y | oigo, tiesto |
| z | mismo, desde |
The following table includes the es-MX symbols for syllable stress.
|
|
Description |
|
0 |
no stress |
|
1 |
primary stress (most prominent stress in the word) |
The syllable stress marker should be within the boundaries of the syllable, and to the left of the vowel.
The following table includes the es-MX symbol for a syllable boundary.
|
|
Description |
|
. (period or dot) |
beginning of a syllable |