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Amazon Alexa Skills Development: SSML Copy and Paste Worksheet 2 for Alexa Polly Voice and Language Tags – UPDATED!
Update: October 10, 2020 Added a cross-reference table to more clearly delineate incompatible tags. Introduction The voice and language SSML tags options are a powerful feature for Alexa skill developers. They can be incorporated directly into Alexa skills in-line with text that is to be recited. This article includes a simple worksheet from which the… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skills Development: SSML Copy and Paste Worksheet 2 for Alexa Polly Voice and Language Tags – UPDATED!
Amazon Alexa Skills Development: English Regional Speechcons SSML Cross Reference Worksheet – UPDATED!
Update September 12, 2019 Amazon has added 100+ new Speechcons for English/United States (EN/US). The cross-reference sheet has been updated. INTRODUCTION Alexa Speechcons can really enliven your skill. However during design, it can be time-consuming determining which ones can be used among the various English-speaking regions. It can also be time-consuming to copy, paste and… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skills Development: English Regional Speechcons SSML Cross Reference Worksheet – UPDATED!
Amazon Alexa VUI Design: Slot Type Cross Reference Worksheets – Updated December 7, 2019
Update December 7, 2019 The worksheets have been updated to reflect expanded locale support for the PhoneNumber and Ordinal slot types. Amazon’s announcement: The Built-In FallbackIntent, PhoneNumber Slot (Beta), and Ordinal Slot (Beta) Get Expanded Locale Support Introduction The Amazon reference documentation and Alexa Developer Console (ADC) organizes the available built-in slot types by region.… Continue reading Amazon Alexa VUI Design: Slot Type Cross Reference Worksheets – Updated December 7, 2019
Amazon Alexa Skills Development: SSML Copy and Paste Worksheet 9: Twelve Genderless Polly Voices
This article provides a worksheet with twelve Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) “formulas” for genderless (gender-neutral) synthetic voices. The first four can be used directly in Alexa skills for Text-to-Speech (TTS) using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) and the various skill building tools, while the other eight can be used to make audio recordings using… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skills Development: SSML Copy and Paste Worksheet 9: Twelve Genderless Polly Voices
Amazon Alexa Skills Development: SSML Copy and Paste Worksheet 1 – UPDATED!
Update: December 6, 2020 Additional SSML support was announced by Amazon on November 24th, 2020: Alexa Speaking Styles and Emotions Now Available in Additional Languages The worksheets and incompatible tags chart have been updated. Summary of changes: Music speaking style: Canadian English and British English are now supported. Conversational speaking style: Japanese and Italian are… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skills Development: SSML Copy and Paste Worksheet 1 – UPDATED!