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Version 0.5 - August 28, 1997
The Java Speech Markup Language (JSML) is used by applications to annotate text input to Java Speech API speech synthesizers. The JSML elements provide a speech synthesizer with detailed information on how to say the text. JSML includes elements that describe the structure of a document, provide pronunciations of words and phrases, and place markers in the text. JSML also provides prosodic elements that control phrasing, emphasis, pitch, speaking rate, and other important characteristics. Appropriate markup of text improves the quality and naturalness of the synthesized voice. JSML uses the Unicode character set, so JSML can be used to mark up text in most languages of the world.
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