<s>
Java	B-Language
Speech	I-Language
API	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
JSML	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
markup	O
language	O
for	O
annotating	O
text	O
input	O
to	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSML	B-Language
is	O
used	O
within	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Speech	I-Language
API	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSML	B-Language
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
application	O
and	O
conforms	O
to	O
the	O
requirements	O
of	O
well-formed	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
Speech	I-Language
API	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
JSpeech	O
Markup	O
Language	O
when	O
describing	O
the	O
W3C	O
documentation	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
Speech	I-Language
API	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
and	O
JSpeech	O
Markup	O
Language	O
identical	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
change	O
in	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
made	O
to	O
protect	O
Sun	O
trademarks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSML	B-Language
is	O
primarily	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
text	O
format	O
used	O
by	O
Java	O
applications	O
to	O
annotate	O
text	O
input	O
to	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
JSML	B-Language
provide	O
speech	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
with	O
detailed	O
information	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
speak	O
text	O
in	O
a	O
naturalized	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSML	B-Language
defines	O
elements	O
which	O
define	O
a	O
document	O
's	O
structure	O
,	O
the	O
pronunciation	O
of	O
certain	O
words	O
and	O
phrases	O
,	O
features	O
of	O
speech	O
such	O
as	O
emphasis	O
and	O
intonation	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSML	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
Java	O
fashion	O
to	O
be	O
simple	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
use	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
portable	O
across	O
different	O
synthesizers	O
and	O
computing	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
although	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
within	O
is	O
also	O
applicable	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
JSML	B-Language
is	O
defined	O
is	O
set	O
out	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
W3C	O
has	O
developed	O
a	O
standard	O
markup	O
language	O
called	O
SSML	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
JSML	B-Language
but	O
is	O
not	O
identical	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
