<desc>

The desc element provides descriptive information about an audio source. For example, when the audio source referenced in audio element is not speech (e.g. sound effect), it should contain a desc element whose textual content is a description of the audio source (e.g. "door slamming").

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<speak version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis
                   http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/synthesis.xsd"
         xml:lang="en-US">

  <audio src="ichbineinberliner.wav">If you could hear it, this would be
  a recording of John F. Kennedy speaking in Berlin.
    <desc>Kennedy's famous German language gaffe</desc>
  </audio>
</speak>

Attributes

xml:lang

Optional. Indicates the natural language of the enclosing element and its attributes and subelements.

Children

none

Parents

<audio>

Source: Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0