Play Expression

Reads out data such as times, dates, numbers, digits, and alphabetical characters to the caller.

This is useful for reading out data such as monetary values and account numbers stored in variables. To read out words and phrases (for example, "John" instead of "J", "O", "H", "N"), use the TTS action cell.

The files used for rendering data into spoken words are stored in a system prompt group (also known as an organisation-level media list), which typically contains the prompt files for a specific language.

A default (English language) group is delivered with your system and this cannot be amended or deleted. You can, however, create your own system prompt group in the storm Admin Portal. (See the storm STUDIO User Guide for information on uploading media and organisation-level media lists.)

Properties

Option

Description

Select System Prompt Group/

Use Dynamic System Prompt Group/

System Prompt Group

With the Select System Prompt Group option selected, choose the system prompt group containing the audio files, or leave as 'Default' to use the provided English-language files. (See System Prompt Files.)

The Use Dynamic System Prompt Group option allows you to enter a user variable containing the name of the system prompt group.

Phrase Type

Select the type of phrase for reading out the data.

Phrase Type	Reads
Whole Number	An integer, string, or float value as a whole number. For example '12' is read as “twelve".
Decimal Number	An integer, string, or float value as a decimal number. For example '1.2' is read as “one point two".
Ordinal Number	An integer, string, or float value (in the range 1-31) as an ordinal number. For example '31' is read as “thirty-first".
Digits	An integer, string, or float value as individual digits. For example '12' is read as “one, two".
Individual Characters	An integer, string, or float value as individual characters. For example 'RG12' is read as “R, G, one, two".
Money	An integer, string, or float value as a monetary value. For example '10.99' is read as “ten ninety nine".
Duration	An integer, string, or float value as a time duration assumed to be in seconds. For example '123' is read as “two minutes and three seconds".
Weekday	An integer, string, or float value as the day of the week. For example '1' is read as “Monday", 2 as “Tuesday” and so on. (String and float values are rounded down.) For a date variable, the day element is used to calculate the day of the week, which is then read out.
Day of month	An integer, string, or float value as an ordinal day of the month. For example '5' is read as “fifth". (String and float values are rounded down.) For a date variable, the day element is used to calculate the day of the month, which is then read out as on ordinal value.
Month	An integer, string, or float value as a month. For example '1' is read as “January", 2 as “February” and so on. (String and float values are rounded down.) For a date variable, the month element is used to read out the month.
Year	An integer, string, or float value as a year. For example '2018' is read as “two thousand and eighteen". (String and float values are rounded down.) For a date variable, the year element is used to read out the year.
Date	The date elements of a date value. For example, "fourteenth of February two thousand and eighteen".
Time	The time elements of a date value. For example, "six fifty-five PM and twenty seconds".
Date and time	The date and time elements of a date value. For example, "fourteenth of February two thousand and eighteen at six fifty-five PM and twenty seconds".

Expression

Enter the integer, string, float, or date value as a literal or a user variable containing the value.

Note: a date value must be provided as a variable and not as a literal.

Use Termination Key(s)

Select this and then the keys that callers can press to stop the reading of the data.

Exit Points

Exit Point	Description
End of Prompt	This is taken when the data has been read out.
Termination Digit	This is taken if the caller presses a termination key defined by the Use Termination Keys property.
Error	This is taken if the system prompt group, the prompts, or both could not be located.