How to change "number format" in Azure text to speech?

Question

Our style of saying numbers out is different than what Azure has:
257 - is spoken as "two hundred and fifty seven" by Azure
we need it to say "two hundred fifty seven" without the "and".

What we currently do is change the number into words in the input text. Is there a way to change the format of such numbers to auto remove "and"?

Answer 1

Hi @PAVAGEAU Perrine,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A forum!

In Azure Text-to-Speech, it's possible to have numbers like "257" spoken as "two hundred fifty seven" without including the "and." To achieve this, I replicated the process by selecting the number from the input text (e.g. 257). On the right side of the section navigate to the Pronunciation section> select Reading rules> select Number from drop down. Playing the audio confirmed the correct pronunciation. Please look into the below screenshot.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.

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