xml:lang Attribute

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Specifies the language identifier for the content of the element on which it appears. It can also optionally specify a country/region or other variation. The accepted language identifiers include:

  • en for English
  • en-US for U.S. English

This attribute is required in voice mode. It is ignored in DTMF mode

<elementName
   xml:lang = (en | en-US) >
</elementName>

Example

The following example demonstrates that the word "Boston" will be pronounced in U.S. English.

<grammar version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar"
 xml:lang="en-US" tag-format="semantics-ms/1.0" ...>
   <rule id="cities">
      <one-of>
         <item>Boston</item>
      </one-of>
   </rule>
</grammar>

See Also

Grammar XML