how to shout out, scream, cry out or yell at in Alexa Skill?

Question

I would like to create a skill to yell at someone, but i can not find any reference in SSML to yell or scream.

Is it even possible ?

Answer 1

Use audio file for doing that. You can record or download from the internet and use it in ssml audio format. You just have to put your audio url as done in code below.

<speak>
<audio src="soundbank://soundlibrary/transportation/amzn_sfx_car_accelerate_01"/> 
</speak> 

Answer 2

There's currently no yelling supported. The closest expression you could achieve with SSML is using the custom tag for emotions: <amazon:emotion name="excited" intensity="medium">Hey, I'm so excited!</amazon:emotion>

The support of emotions varies across locales and I suggest to keep an eye on the dev blog posts to keep track of new possibilities:

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/blogs/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/2020/11/alexa-speaking-styles-emotions-now-available-additional-languages