scala-ssml

This library allows you to easily generate Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) with Scala.

SSML is documented here, but it has applications for:

• Alexa Skills (which only supports a subset of the official ssml tags, documented here)
• Chrome Browser speechSynthesis fragments, documented here

Dependency

This dependency can be imported into any scala project using:

lazy val scalaSsml = RootProject(uri("git://github.com/infomofo/scala-ssml.git#v0.4.0"))

The library is currently compiled for scala versions 2.11.12, 2.12.11, and 2.13.2.

Basic Usage

You can generate ssml for any of the use cases outlined above.

This library makes use of method chaining for convenience.

import com.infomofo.scalassml.SSMLBuilder

SSMLBuilder()
        .text("hello")
        .pause(1000)
        .text("goodbye")

The output of a command like that would be:

<speak>
    hello
    <break time="1000ms"/>
    goodbye
</speak>

Running Tests

Tests can be run using sbt test.

Testing SSML pronunciation

Generated SSML can be tested using Amazon's online tool at: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask/test/<skillid>/development/en_US/ where <skillid> is the id of an alexa skill.