Aural rendering of documents is mainly used by the visually impaired. The following are the aural media CSS properties −
- The azimuth property sets, where the sound should come from horizontally.
- The elevation property sets, where the sound should come from vertically.
- The cue-after specifies a sound to be played after speaking an element's content to delimit it from other.
- The cue-before specifies a sound to be played before speaking an element's content to delimit it from other.
- The cue is a shorthand for setting cue-before and cue-after.
- The pause-after specifies a pause to be observed after speaking an element's content.
- The pause-before specifies a pause to be observed before speaking an element's content.
- The pause is a shorthand for setting pause-before and pause-after.
- The pitch specifies the average pitch (a frequency) of the speaking voice.
- The pitch-range specifies variation in average pitch.
- The play-during specifies a sound to be played as a background while an element's content is spoken.
- The richness specifies the richness, or brightness, of the speaking voice.
- The speak specifies whether the text will be rendered aurally and if so, in what manner.
- The speak-numeral controls how numerals are spoken.
- The speak-punctuation specifies how punctuation is spoken.
- The speech-rate specifies the speaking rate.
- The stress specifies the height of "local peaks" in the intonation contour of a voice.
- The voice-family specifies the prioritized list of voice family names.
- The volume refers to the median volume of the voice.