SSML generated by app cannot be played by echo (probably wrong usage of lib)

[luebbert42]

I am trying to use SSML. This is what I have so far:

$out = 'Test <say-as interpret-as="interjection"> abracadabra!</say-as> Something else';
return \Alexa::say($out, "SSML")->endSession(false);

In the simulator this arrives as:

"outputSpeech": {
      "ssml": "Test <say-as interpret-as=\"interjection\"> abracadabra!</say-as> Something else",
      "type": "SSML"
    },

The simulator can output this, the real device refuses to do that ("problem has occured" -> don't know the correct error msg in English).

Questions:

• is it correct that the output is not enclosed in a speak-Tag?
• is it correct that there are backslashes around "interjection"?

In other words: How can I bring SSML to life with this library?

[Olofguard]

+1 for anyone looking into this. Anyone using SSML successfully with this library? Haven't really dug into this yet but it's next on my list.

[wertmenschen]

return Alexa::ssml('<speak>' . $text . '<break time="2s"/>' . $text2 . '</speak>'); works for me.