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articles/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/speech-synthesis-markup-pronunciation.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ manager: nitinme
 ms.service: cognitive-services
 ms.subservice: speech-service
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/21/2022
+ms.date: 11/30/2022
 ms.author: eur
 ---
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ To define how multiple entities are read, you can define them in a custom lexico
 
 Here are some limitations of the custom lexicon file:
 
-- **File size**: The custom lexicon file size is limited to a maximum of 100 KB. If the file size exceeds the 100 KB limit, the synthesis request fails.
+- **File size**: The custom lexicon file size is limited to a maximum of 100 KB. If the file size exceeds the 100-KB limit, the synthesis request fails.
 - **Lexicon cache refresh**: The custom lexicon is cached with the URI as the key on text-to-speech when it's first loaded. The lexicon with the same URI won't be reloaded within 15 minutes, so the custom lexicon change needs to wait 15 minutes at the most to take effect.
 
 The supported elements and attributes of a custom lexicon XML file are described in the [Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0](https://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/). Here are some examples of the supported elements and attributes:
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ The Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) is an XML-compliant markup language th
 
 All elements from the [MathML 2.0](https://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/) and [MathML 3.0](https://www.w3.org/TR/MathML3/) specifications are supported, except the MathML 3.0 [Elementary Math](https://www.w3.org/TR/MathML3/chapter3.html#presm.elementary) elements. 
 
-Please take note of these MathML elements and attributes:
+Take note of these MathML elements and attributes:
 - The `xmlns` attribute in `<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">` is optional.
-- The `semantics`, `annotation`, and `annotation-xml` elements don't output speech, so they are ignored.
-- If an element is not recognized, it will be ignored, and the child elements within it will still be processed.
+- The `semantics`, `annotation`, and `annotation-xml` elements don't output speech, so they're ignored.
+- If an element isn't recognized, it will be ignored, and the child elements within it will still be processed.
 
-The MathML entities are not supported by XML syntax, so you must use the corresponding [unicode characters](https://www.w3.org/2003/entities/2007/htmlmathml.json) to represent the entities, for example, the entity `&copy;` should be represented by its unicode characters `&#x00A9;`, otherwise an error will occur.
+The MathML entities aren't supported by XML syntax, so you must use the corresponding [unicode characters](https://www.w3.org/2003/entities/2007/htmlmathml.json) to represent the entities, for example, the entity `&copy;` should be represented by its unicode characters `&#x00A9;`, otherwise an error will occur.
 
 ### MathML examples
 

articles/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/speech-synthesis-markup-structure.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ manager: nitinme
 ms.service: cognitive-services
 ms.subservice: speech-service
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/21/2022
+ms.date: 11/30/2022
 ms.author: eur
 ---
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The Speech service automatically handles punctuation as appropriate, such as pau
 
 Special characters such as quotation marks, apostrophes, and brackets, must be escaped. For more information, see [Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0: Appendix D](https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-entexpand).
 
-Attribute values must be enclosed by double quotation marks. For example, `<prosody volume="90">` is a well-formed, valid element, but `<prosody volume=90>` will not be recognized. 
+Attribute values must be enclosed by double quotation marks. For example, `<prosody volume="90">` is a well-formed, valid element, but `<prosody volume=90>` won't be recognized. 
 
 ## Speak root element
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ The `p` and `s` elements are used to denote paragraphs and sentences, respective
 
 ### Paragraph and sentence examples
 
-The following example defines two paragraphs that each contain sentences. In the second paragraph, the Speech service automatically determines the sentence structure, since they are not defined in the SSML document.
+The following example defines two paragraphs that each contain sentences. In the second paragraph, the Speech service automatically determines the sentence structure, since they aren't defined in the SSML document.
 
 ```xml
 <speak version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xml:lang="en-US">
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ The following example defines two paragraphs that each contain sentences. In the
 
 ## Bookmark element
 
-You can use the `bookmark` element in SSML to reference a specific location in the text or tag sequence. Then you will use the Speech SDK and subscribe to the `BookmarkReached` event to get the offset of each marker in the audio stream. The `bookmark` element won't be spoken. For more information, see [Subscribe to synthesizer events](how-to-speech-synthesis.md#subscribe-to-synthesizer-events).
+You can use the `bookmark` element in SSML to reference a specific location in the text or tag sequence. Then you'll use the Speech SDK and subscribe to the `BookmarkReached` event to get the offset of each marker in the audio stream. The `bookmark` element won't be spoken. For more information, see [Subscribe to synthesizer events](how-to-speech-synthesis.md#subscribe-to-synthesizer-events).
 
 Usage of the `bookmark` element's attributes are described in the following table.
 

articles/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/speech-synthesis-markup-voice.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ manager: nitinme
 ms.service: cognitive-services
 ms.subservice: speech-service
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/21/2022
+ms.date: 11/30/2022
 ms.author: eur
 ---
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ The supported values for attributes of the `lang` element were [described previo
 
 The primary language for `en-US-JennyMultilingualNeural` is `en-US`. You must specify `en-US` as the default language within the `speak` element, whether or not the language is adjusted elsewhere. 
 
-This SSML snippet shows how use the `lang` element (and `xml:lang` attribute) to speak `de-DE` with the `en-US-JennyMultilingualNeural` neural voice.
+This SSML snippet shows how to use the `lang` element (and `xml:lang` attribute) to speak `de-DE` with the `en-US-JennyMultilingualNeural` neural voice.
 
 ```xml
 <speak version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"

articles/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/speech-synthesis-markup.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ manager: nitinme
 ms.service: cognitive-services
 ms.subservice: speech-service
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/21/2022
+ms.date: 11/30/2022
 ms.author: eur
 ---