Azure Speech SSML

Turn plain text or rough speaking directions into valid, useful Azure Speech SSML.

Default approach

1. Identify the real goal: minimal valid SSML, more expressive delivery, pronunciation repair, multilingual speech, or SSML debugging.
2. Choose the voice family before adding markup. Azure voice families do not support the same tags.
3. Use the lightest markup that achieves the goal. Azure already handles basic punctuation and sentence rhythm well.
4. Return copy-paste-ready XML unless the user asks for explanation.

Choose the right voice family first

Use this decision rule before writing tags: