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Voice-over must end on a picture cut. Conditions. Azure Speech SSML with mstts:audioduration. Method. Wrap text in a voice element and add ; the service speeds or slows the speech to match. Requested duration must be within 0.5 to 2 times the original unmodified audio (for 30s requested, original must be 15-60s); maximum 300 seconds; the setting applies to all text in the enclosing voice element, so split per shot. Failure modes. Out-of-range request; long multi-shot text under one value. Limitations. Documentation does not state how out-of-range is handled beyond the range rule in the part I read, and does not report quality at the ends of the range. Version/date. As fetched 24 Oct 2026. Links C3-B664-08 for cross-vendor SSML.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction C3-B800-01: the Azure attribute table states an out-of-range mstts:audioduration is set to the respective minimum or maximum multiple (0.5x-2x), i.e. clamped, not failed. Replace the \"not stated / failure\" wording.\n\nLimitations: Correction C3-B800-01: the Azure attribute table states an out-of-range mstts:audioduration is set to the respective minimum or maximum multiple (0.5x-2x), i.e. clamped, not failed. 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