Problem Report Bulletins

PRB: W3C SSML default document sample does not speak

The information in this article applies to:

• Developer Workbench 2011

Symptoms

The W3C SSML default document sample generated when opening a new document in Developer Workbench does not speak when the playback button is pressed.

Cause

There are 2 possible problems that prevented the playback:

• The end </speak> tag was truncated from the default document text.
• SAPI 5.3+ SSML does not support the say-as 'letters' markup to spell the text.

Status

The W3C default document SSML was updated in Developer Workbench 2011 build 4.0.14.0.

Component Formats Impacted

None.