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Hello im trying to change the default voice to aria, friendly, pitch -6%, rate +10%
This works for me
var replyText = $"hi";
var replySpeak = @"<speak version='1.0' xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xml:lang='de-DE'>
<voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, Aria)'>" +
$"{replyText}" + "</voice></speak>";
await turnContext.SendActivityAsync(MessageFactory.Text(replyText, replySpeak), cancellationToken);
but when i add more customisations, it does not work anymore, instead it reads everything in replySpeak
var replyText = $"Echo: {turnContext.Activity.Text}";
var replySpeak = @"<speak version='1.0' xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xml:lang='de-DE'>
<voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (de-DE, Stefan, Apollo)'><mstts:express-as
style="cheerful"><prosody rate="+10%", pitch="-6%">" +
$"{replyText}" + "</prosody></mstts:express-as></voice></speak>";
await turnContext.SendActivityAsync(MessageFactory.Text(replyText, replySpeak), cancellationToken);
@yenching The following should work with Aria.
<speak xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xmlns:mstts="http://www.w3.org/2001/mstts" xmlns:emo="http://www.w3.org/2009/10/emotionml" version="1.0" xml:lang="en-US"><voice name="Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, AriaNeural)"><s /><mstts:express-as style="cheerful">Hello there. <prosody rate="+10.00%" pitch="-6.00%">This is a test sentence</prosody>.</mstts:express-as><s /></voice></speak>
I have tested this from the speech studio using the audio content creation tool. I see you are using the following voice name.
de-DE, Stefan, Apollo
I don't think the above voice is listed for de-DE. If you are planning to use Steffan from en-US then it cannot use speaking style yet.
I would advise to use the studio to create your required speaking style and test out the XML before using it in your client code.
@yenching Did the below approach work for you?
once again, this works:
var replySpeak= @"<speak version='1.0' xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xml:lang='en-US'>
<voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, Aria)'>" +
$"{text}" + "</voice></speak>";
but this does not
var replySpeak = @"<speak xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xmlns:mstts='http://www.w3.org/2001/mstts' xmlns:emo='http://www.w3.org/2009/10/emotionml' version='1.0' xml:lang='en-US'><voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, AriaNeural)'><s /><mstts:express-as style='cheerful'><prosody rate='+10.00%' pitch=-6.00%'>"+ $"{text}"+ "</prosody>.</mstts:express-as><s /></voice></speak>";
even when editing to
var replySpeak = @"<speak version='1.0' xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xmlns:mstts='http://www.w3.org/2001/mstts' xmlns:emo='http://www.w3.org/2009/10/emotionml' version='1.0' xml:lang='en-US'>
<voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, AriaNeural)'><mstts:express-as
style='cheerful'><prosody rate='+10.00%', pitch='-6.00%'>" +
$"{text}" + "</prosody></mstts:express-as></voice></speak>";
it does not work either
Did you try to use the XML with the studio against your speech resource? This should confirm if the resource is able to read the XML and process it to voice.
I think the issue could be with the formatting in your case as you pass the same to the API. Please try to use the same XML with ' changed to "
If i try to use the same XML as yours in the studio it formats it to using " instead of ' and it works in the studio.
i can test it with
"
but i need to use it in c# code. how would you recommend me to do it?
this is how my code looks like
var text = "Hi there"
var replySpeak= @"<speak version='1.0' xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xml:lang='en-US'>
<voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, Aria)'>" +
$"{text}" + "</voice></speak>";
var promptMessage = MessageFactory.Text(text, replySpeak, InputHints.ExpectingInput);
return await stepContext.PromptAsync(nameof(TextPrompt), new PromptOptions { Prompt = promptMessage }, cancellationToken);
also, this works, so i dont think its the problem with
'
var replySpeak= @"<speak version='1.0' xmlns='https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xml:lang='en-US'>
<voice name='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, Aria)'>" +
$"{text}" + "</voice></speak>";
it works now, not sure why
var replySpeak = @"<speak xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis' xmlns:mstts='http://www.w3.org/2001/mstts' xmlns:emo='http://www.w3.org/2009/10/emotionml' version='1.0' xml:lang='en-US'><voice name='en-US-AriaNeural'><prosody rate='+1.00%' pitch='+1.00%'>"+$"{text}"+"</prosody></voice></speak>";