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SSML 1.1, W3C Recommendation, 7 Sept 2010 (section 3.2.2).\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Rec is from 2010; engines may ignore or partly implement it. 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