diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/test/fixtures/blockquote.html b/packages/text-to-speech/test/fixtures/blockquote.html index 6cc238e7b..1f4f016de 100644 --- a/packages/text-to-speech/test/fixtures/blockquote.html +++ b/packages/text-to-speech/test/fixtures/blockquote.html @@ -1 +1 @@ -

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We will discuss your questions about your language learning challenges, any content you’ve read in the newsletter, and on the membership product.

We’ll chat for around 30 minutes. And we’ll publish the audio recording as a member-only podcast shortly after.

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Some questions submitted so far include:

  • Just for curiosity, how do you pick the articles for Slow Chinese?

  • Any advice on finding opportunities to communicate in Chinese?

  • What are your tips to improve comprehension?  I feel like I’m working on reading, listening, and speaking all at once, sometimes I feel like I’m just getting surface understanding.

  • I often feel I use the same words/phrases over and over and my short-term memory is weak, I live in a non-Chinese environment although I have many opportunities to practice Chinese and have no plans to travel to China.

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Ps - we’ve added a lot to the membership product over the last few months. So we plan to increase our prices in December. This discount will lock you in to the lower price of $96 per year for as long as you are subscribed.

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  • Just for curiosity, how do you pick the articles for Slow Chinese?

  • Any advice on finding opportunities to communicate in Chinese?

  • What are your tips to improve comprehension?  I feel like I’m working on reading, listening, and speaking all at once, sometimes I feel like I’m just getting surface understanding.

  • I often feel I use the same words/phrases over and over and my short-term memory is weak, I live in a non-Chinese environment although I have many opportunities to practice Chinese and have no plans to travel to China.

  • I'm American-born Chinese, so I grew up with Chinese speaking parents, but I used English and home and in daily life. My listening is strong, everything else is weak. I'm in China currently studying in a Master's program. I'm probably about HSK5-6 in my vocabulary and reading comprehension. If you have any tips for picking up reading/speaking, I'd love to know.

diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/test/htmlToSsml.test.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/test/htmlToSsml.test.ts index 261ebf549..a2673f465 100644 --- a/packages/text-to-speech/test/htmlToSsml.test.ts +++ b/packages/text-to-speech/test/htmlToSsml.test.ts @@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ describe('convert HTML to Speech file', () => { options: TEST_OPTIONS, }) - expect(speechFile.utterances).to.have.lengthOf(42) + expect(speechFile.utterances).to.have.lengthOf(5) + expect(speechFile.utterances[0].text).to.eql( + 'Just for curiosity, how do you pick the articles for Slow Chinese? Any advice on finding opportunities to communicate in Chinese? What are your tips to improve comprehension? ' + ) + expect(speechFile.utterances[1].text).to.eql( + 'I feel like I’m working on reading, listening, and speaking all at once, sometimes I feel like I’m just getting surface understanding. ' + ) }) })