Aural Media CSS Properties

Aural rendering of documents is mainly used by the visually impaired. The following are the aural media CSS properties −

• The azimuth property sets, where the sound should come from horizontally.
• The elevation property sets, where the sound should come from vertically.
• The cue-after specifies a sound to be played after speaking an element's content to delimit it from other.
• The cue-before specifies a sound to be played before speaking an element's content to delimit it from other.
• The cue is a shorthand for setting cue-before and cue-after.
• The pause-after specifies a pause to be observed after speaking an element's content.
• The pause-before specifies a pause to be observed before speaking an element's content.
• The pause is a shorthand for setting pause-before and pause-after.
• The pitch specifies the average pitch (a frequency) of the speaking voice.
• The pitch-range specifies variation in average pitch.
• The play-during specifies a sound to be played as a background while an element's content is spoken.
• The richness specifies the richness, or brightness, of the speaking voice.
• The speak specifies whether the text will be rendered aurally and if so, in what manner.
• The speak-numeral controls how numerals are spoken.
• The speak-punctuation specifies how punctuation is spoken.
• The speech-rate specifies the speaking rate.
• The stress specifies the height of "local peaks" in the intonation contour of a voice.
• The voice-family specifies the prioritized list of voice family names.
• The volume refers to the median volume of the voice.