# say

The say command is used to send synthesized speech to the remote party. The text provided may be either plain text or may use SSML tags.  

```json
{
  "verb": "say",
  "text": "hi there!",
  "synthesizer" : {
    "vendor": "Google",
    "language": "en-US"
  }
}
```

You can use the following options in the `say` action:

| option        | description | required  |
| ------------- |-------------| -----|
| text | text to speak; may contain SSML tags | yes |
| synthesizer.vendor | speech vendor to use: Google or aws (polly is also an alias for aws)| no |
| synthesizer.language | language code to use.  | no |
| synthesizer.gender | (Google only) MALE, FEMALE, or NEUTRAL.  | no |
| synthesizer.voice | voice to use.  Note that the voice list differs whether you are using aws or Google. Defaults to application setting, if provided. | no |
| loop | the number of times a text is to be repeated; 0 means repeat forever.  Defaults to 1. | no |
| earlyMedia | if true and the call has not yet been answered, play the audio without answering call.  Defaults to false | no |

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