Tips for Using the RealSpeak Voices.
Note: RealSpeak, AT&T Natural Voices and Acapella speech use the Speech Application Program Interface (SAPI). The following directions should work for all three synthesizers.
You can change the pronunciation of words, alter the rate at which words are spoken in a sentence, add pauses to sentences and tell RealSpeak to spell words out rather than pronounce them. To do these things you must use certain tags that tell RealSpeak what you want it to do. In the following pages you will learn how to use these tags. You will also learn how RealSpeak handles numbers and you will find phoneme charts to use for entering correct pronunciation.
Below you will find complete instructions on getting the best pronunciations from your speech.