What tags are available and what do they do?

SSML Tags

What are the SSML tags and how are they used? The best way to understand them is to send you to the source - Amazon.

<break> - Adding a pause - Click here.

<emphasis> (not available with neural voices) - Emphasizing certain words - Click here.

<lang> - Specifying another language for specific words - Click here.

<mark> - Placing a custom tag in your text - Click here.

<p> - Adding a pause between paragraphs - Click here.

<phoneme> - Using a phonetic pronunciation - Click here.

<parsody> (partial availability with neural voices) - Controlling volume, speaking rate, and pitch. Click here.

<prosody amazon:max-duration> (not available with neural voices) - Setting a maximum duration for synthesized speech - Click here.

<s> - Causing a pause between sentences - Click here.

<say-as> - Controlling how special types of words are spoken - Click here.

<speak> (auto entry in the editor) - Identifying SSML-enhanced text - Click here.

<sub> - Pronouncing acronyms and abbreviations - Click here.

<w> - Improving pronunciation by specifying parts of speech - Click here.

<amazon:auto-breaths> (not available with neural voices) - Adding the sound of breathing - Click here.

<amazon:domain name="news"> (select neural voices only) - Newscaster speaking style - Click here.

<amazon:effect name="drc"> - Adding dynamic range compression - Click here.

<amazon:effect phonation="soft"> (not available with neural voices) - Speaking softly - Click here.

<amazon:effect vocal-tract-length> (not available with neural voices) - Controlling timbre - Click here.

<amazon: effect name="whispered"> (not available with neural voices) - Whispering - Click here.