SSML

Zvukogram TTS

Speech generation via Zvukogram API with SSML markup support.

Requirements

To use this skill, you need:

• Zvukogram API token — get it at https://zvukogram.com/
• Zvukogram account email

Setup

Create file ~/.config/zvukogram/config.json:

mkdir -p ~/.config/zvukogram

{
  "token": "your_api_token_here",
  "email": "your_email@example.com"
}

Or use environment variables:

export ZVUKOGRAM_TOKEN=your_api_token_here
export ZVUKOGRAM_EMAIL=your_email@example.com

Quick Start

# Simple TTS
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "Hello, world!" --voice Алена --output hello.mp3

# With +20% speed
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "Fast text" --voice Алена --speed 1.2 --output fast.mp3

# Check balance
python3 scripts/balance.py

Features

• TTS generation — text to speech
• SSML support — stress marks, pauses, speed
• Audio merging — combine fragments via ffmpeg
• Transcription — proper pronunciation of English words

SSML Markup

Stress Marks

Use + before stressed vowel:

З+амок — stress on "a"
зам+ок — stress on "o"

Aliases (Transcription)

<sub alias="Оупен Эй Ай">OpenAI</sub>
<sub alias="Самсунг">Samsung</sub>
<sub alias="Ал+ьтман">Альтман</sub>

Speed

<prosody rate="1.2">20% faster</prosody>
<prosody rate="fast">Fast text</prosody>

Pauses

<break time="500ms"/>

Available Voices

• Алена — female, neutral (recommended)
• Андрей — male, neutral (recommended)
• Александра — female, soft
• Антон — male, business

Full list: see references/VOICES.md

Examples

See references/EXAMPLES.md for:

• Dialogs and podcasts
• News voiceover
• Voice notifications
• Long texts

Transcription

See references/TRANSCRIPTION.md for proper pronunciation:

• OpenAI → Оупен Эй Ай
• GPT → Джи Пи Ти
• Samsung → Самсунг
• Altman → Ал+ьтман

SSML Reference

• Full, agent-readable reference (recommended): references/SSML.md
• say-as modes with extra patterns: references/say-as.md
• Pronunciation & transcription patterns (+, <sub>, <phoneme>): references/pronunciation-patterns.md
• Podcast-oriented SSML patterns: references/podcast-examples.md
• Quick lookup: references/SSML_CHEATSHEET.md
• Official Zvukogram SSML docs: https://zvukogram.com/node/ssml/

Troubleshooting

See references/TROUBLESHOOTING.md for:

• API errors
• Audio issues
• Diagnostics

API Reference

• API contract (endpoints, parameters, responses): references/API.md
• Choosing /text vs /longtext vs chunking: references/chunking-and-method-choice.md

API Limits / gotchas

• /text: max 1000 characters per request
• /longtext and /subs: up to 1,000,000 characters
• Multi-voice in API: generate and merge fragments (one request per voice). Do not rely on <voice> wrappers.

Links

• API docs: https://zvukogram.com/node/api/
• Voice rating: https://zvukogram.com/rating/
• Support: https://t.me/zvukogram