ssip: Basic Terminology
2 Basic Terminology
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* _Speech Synthesis Interface Protocol_ or _SSIP_ is the
device-independent protocol described in this document through
which client application can send their requests for speech
synthesis to the Speech Server.
* _Speech Server_ is the server application that implements Speech
Synthesis Interface Protocol, as described in this document, and
provides an interface for client applications.
* _Client_ or _client application_ is every application that connects
to Speech Server and talks to it through the Speech Synthesis
Interface Protocol. In other words, this is the application that
"wants to speak".
* _Message_ is a chunk of text that a client sends to Speech Server
to request saying something or play some sound.
* _To cancel a message_ means to stop saying it and/or remove it from
the queue of messages waiting to be said. However, it is not
removed from the history, where it was stored after being received
by Speech Server.