say | SignalWire

Add a text-to-speech play verb using the say: URL prefix. This is a convenience wrapper around play() that constructs the say: URL automatically.

Parameters

text

strRequired

The text to speak.

voice

Optional[str]

Voice name for text-to-speech.

language

Optional[str]

Language code (e.g., "en-US").

gender

Optional[str]

Gender for voice selection.

volume

Optional[float]

Volume adjustment level, from -40 to 40 dB.

Returns

Self — The builder instance for method chaining.

Example

1 from signalwire import SWMLService, SWMLBuilder
2 
3 service = SWMLService(name="greeting")
4 builder = SWMLBuilder(service)
5 
6 doc = (
7     builder
8     .answer()
9     .say("Welcome to our service. Please hold.", voice="rime.spore")
10     .sleep(duration=500)
11     .say("Connecting you now.", voice="rime.spore")
12     .build()
13 )
14 print(doc)