Handlebars SSML

A set of helpers for Handlebars to make writing SSML easier.

Installation

npm install --save handlebars-ssml

Use

Say you've written a pre-processor for your Alexa skill speech using Handlebars – you can integrate the helpers into your Hanlebars instance:

const Handlebars = require('handlebars');

require('handlebars-ssml')(Handlebars);

Allowing you to use helpers that construct SSML in a more expressive way:

{{#emphasis}}Hello{{/emphasis}} world.

The {{#interjection}}quick{{/interjection}} brown fox jumped over the {{#effect 'whispered'}}lazy dog{{/effect}}.

Which would output:

<emphasis level="medium">Hello</emphasis> world.

The <say-as interpret-as="interjection">quick</say-as> brown fox jumped over the <amazon:effect name="whispered">lazy dog</amazon:effect>.

Aliases

There are several aliases for different tags and properties.

For example, instead of this:

<prosody volume="medium">To be, or not to be?</prosody>  <prosody pitch="low">That is the question.</prosody>

You could write:

{{#medium-volume}}To be, or not to be?{{/medium-volume}}  {{#low-pitch}}That is the question.{{/low-pitch}}

NOTES

Currently geared towards Alexa use, though it will be expanded to be less Amazon-specific.