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The Speak element

You can use the Speak element to read out text as speech to the caller. It’s useful for communicating dynamic text that cannot be prerecorded.

Attributes

voice string

The tone to be used for reading out the text.

Allowed values: WOMAN, MAN
Defaults to WOMAN.

language string

Language used to read out the text.

Allowed values: See the table “Supported voices and languages” below.

Defaults to en-US.

loop integer

Specifies number of times to speak out the text. If value set to 0, speaks indefinitely.

Allowed values: integer >= 0 (0 indicates a continuous loop)
Defaults to 1.

Supported voices and languages

Danish value: da-DK
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — no
Dutch value: nl-NL
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
English — Australian value: en-AU
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
English — British value: en-GB
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
English — USA value: en-US
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
French value: fr-FR
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
French — Canadian value: fr-CA
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — no
German value: de-DE
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
Italian value: it-IT
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
Polish value: pl-PL
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
Portuguese value: pt-PT
  • Woman — no
  • Man — yes
Portuguese — Brazilian value: pt-BR
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
Russian value: ru-RU
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — no
Spanish value: es-ES
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
Spanish — USA value: es-US
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — yes
Swedish value: sv-SE
  • Woman — yes
  • Man — no