# <sub>

Description

Specifies text that will replace some original text, during pronunciation. This allows a document to contain both a spoken and written form.

Syntax

    <sub
        alias="string">
      text
    </sub>

Attributes

Attribute | Description
alias | Specifies the string to be spoken instead of the enclosed string. Required.

Parents

<audio>, <choice>, <emphasis>, <enumerate>, <foreach>, <paragraph>, <p>, <prompt>, <prosody>, <sentence>, <s>, <speak>, <voice>

Children

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Limitations/Restrictions

- Refer to your vendor documentation for support details.

Example

To include speech markup tags, insert the SSML tags inside one of the `<prompt>`, `<audio>`, `<choice>`, `<enumerate>`, or `<foreach>` (within `<prompt>`) elements.

    <prompt>
       <sub alias="voice genie">VG</sub>
    </prompt>