URGENT. Spell out one word slower and continue regularly

[jbebefore]

Hi there, I´m struggling with this, I want to spell out some names and surnames and I want it to do it without using dots or comas (a matter of time).

This is what I´ve tried for spelling and it works.

<spell>Jakobson</spell>

But it goes very fast, I want it slower, this is what I´ve tried but it continues slower for the rest of the text.
<spell> <rate speed="-20">Jakobson</spell>

Then I tried this. But it is not a valid code

<spell> <rate speed="-20">Jakobson</spell> </rate speed>

Can someone help me out, it is quite urgent!

[Spundot]

Hi, I am no expert, but have you checked to make sure your voices are SAPI5? Or set to SAPI5 in TextAloud?

As I understand it, tags are only utilized by SAPI5 voices. There is another forum post about it here: viewtopic.php?t=1694

Hope this helps. I'm a beginner, so apologies if it does not.

[Jim Bretti]

There is a problem with the rate end tag that would cause validation errors. Instead of

<spell> <rate speed="-20">Jakobson</spell> </rate speed>

try

<spell> <rate speed="-20">Jakobson</spell> </rate>

Does that work?

[Spundot]

Jim, where can I find a list of all the usable tags?

[Jim Bretti]

You'll find some information on tags in the TextAloud help. Click Help -> Contents, and look in the section "Working With Articles". This section includes help on the things you can do from the Insert Tags menu in TextAloud.

If you need more detail on Sapi5 XML Markup best reference I know of is at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... s.85).aspx

[Spundot]

Thanks, much obliged.