Template:TTS

<onlyinclude>{{#switch:{{{ParameterWhichShouldAlwaysBeEmpty|}}}
| {{{href|}}}{{{E|}}} = {{Template:TTS/aural|html={{{html|span}}}|lang={{{lang|}}}|lang2={{{lang2|}}}|tts={{{tts|}}}|title={{{title|}}}|{{{1|}}}|{{{2|}}}}}
| {{{E|}}} = [{{{href}}} {{Template:TTS/aural|html={{{html|span}}}|lang={{{lang|}}}|lang2={{{lang2|}}}|tts={{{tts|}}}|title={{{title|}}}|{{{1|}}}|{{{2|}}}}}]
| {{{href|}}} = [[Ontology:{{{E}}}|{{Template:TTS/aural|html={{{html|span}}}|lang={{{lang|}}}|lang2={{{lang2|}}}|tts={{{tts|}}}|title={{{title|}}}|{{{1|}}}|{{{2|}}}}}]]
| #default = {{Template:TTS/aural|html={{{html|span}}}|lang={{{lang|}}}|lang2={{{lang2|}}}|tts={{{tts|}}}|title={{{title|}}}|{{{1|}}}|{{{2|}}}}}
}}</onlyinclude>

Demo

displayed string (pronounced displayed string)

displayed string in older style (pronounced displayed string in older style)

oddly-pronounced word demo: 1337 (pronounced 1337)

wiki link demo: 1337 (pronounced 1337)

external link demo: 1337 (pronounced 1337)

Description

This is a template for giving bits of text a TTS pronunciation.

Earlier, aria-label was mistakenly used for this, but it turns out that text substitution for speaking-machines is something that is not currently well-supported in HTML. (This can be a problem when it comes to the temptation to turn everything into "AI" — understanding that every piece of text written by humans is made of arbitrary signifiers, it is incredibly tempting to simply build a dynamic signifier-interpreting agent that actively learns all the exceptions to every rule instead of properly building a system where "dumb" programs or bits of data can easily pass along less-ambiguous messages to each other.)