Narration styles

Narration styles modify how a voice pronounces text. For example, you can use the IPA narration style to read out text written with the IPA phonetic alphabet instead of regular pronunciation. This can be useful to fix incorrectly pronounced words, especially place names, jargon and invented names.

Individual voices support different narration styles, and this page lists supported styles for each voice.

• Setting the narration style
• Available narration styles
• Supported styles by voice

Setting the narration style

To set the narration style, use a narration span and list the style name in the curly braces.

For example, the following snippet changes the pronunciation for a British UK voice (Victoria) to an American way of saying the word “tomato”

(voice: victoria)

Americans say [təˈmeɪ.toʊ]{ipa}

Available narration styles

For a full list of supported narration styles, check the Narration Style section in the format reference.

IPA and X-SAMPA support is very experimental at this phase and individual voices support only certain phonemes. Make sure to test with your chosen voice if it can pronounce the IPA or X-SAMPA phonemes correctly.

Supported styles by voice

The table below shows supported narration styles for individual voices: