SSML Converter

Extract text from Speech markup files (SSML)

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Drop or upload your .SSML file

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How to extract text from your SSML file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SSML file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert SSML to another file type

To convert SSML Markup files to another format, you need Amazon Polly or other Text software.

Convert a file to SSML

To convert other file formats to the "XML Markup" file type, you need software like Amazon Polly or a similar tool.

About SSML files

A .SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) file is not an audio file itself, but rather a text-based XML document containing specific instructions for how text should be spoken by a computer. Developed by the W3C, it functions like a director's script for Text-to-Speech (TTS) engines, dictating pronunciation, pitch, volume, and speaking rate.

The primary problem for users is that .SSML files cannot be opened or played in standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player. Because the file contains code rather than sound waves, attempting to "play" it usually results in an error or simply opens the code in a text editor. Additionally, while the standard is universal, specific implementations (like those by Amazon Polly or Google Cloud Text-to-Speech) often include proprietary tags that break compatibility if you switch platforms.

To make this file useful, you typically need to convert it based on your goal:

For Listening: You must "render" the file using a TTS engine to convert it to standard audio formats like MP3 or WAV.
For Editing Script: Convert to TXT to strip away the markup tags and leave only the readable dialogue.
For Development: Convert to XML or JSON to integrate with other web applications.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SSML file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted XQL, CCXML and XHT files.

FAQ

If you want to convert SSML file to , you can use Amazon Polly or similar software from the "Speech Synthesis Markup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to SSML, try Amazon Polly or another comparable tool in the "Speech Synthesis Markup" category.

The SSML Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SSML converter.