Voice template specifications

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All Voice Service templates require review and approval before use. This topic describes the specifications and requirements for voice templates.

General specifications

Content format requirements

Item

Requirement

Character count limit

1 to 1,000 characters (including variables)

Supported characters

Chinese characters, English letters, digits, and symbols

Prohibited characters

Special symbols such as # / : - % $ [ ]

Prohibited content

IP addresses, or the strings http or https

Language support

Text-to-speech (TTS) templates support only Chinese and English. Other languages, such as Tibetan, are not supported.

Content compliance requirements

Important

The platform reserves the right to take further action against illegal activities, regulatory violations, or infringements on the rights and interests of others. All members must strictly comply with the regulations, enhance their service security, and send voice messages responsibly.

Clear expression required

The template must clearly state the actual content of the voice call.

Prohibited content

Industry restrictions:

  • All content related to Internet finance, including captchas and notifications.

  • Industries such as finance, real estate, overseas study, and recruitment. Only voice captchas are supported for these industries.

Prohibited content categories:

  • Illegal and non-compliant content: pornography, gambling, drugs, violence, or threats.

  • Commercial promotions: Sending unsolicited messages is not supported. This includes commercial information that invites users to register or become members.

  • Sensitive topics include Party and government affairs, rights protection, crowdfunding, charitable fundraising, religion, and superstition.

  • Finance-related content: stocks, immigration, lotteries, loans, debt collection, credit limit increases, investment and financial management, insurance, or insurance assessment.

  • Marketing campaigns: prize notifications, lotteries, one-dollar-to-win events, or flash sales.

  • Other prohibited content includes voice calls related to job interviews, counterfeit goods, plastic surgery, tobacco and alcohol, dating, fur products, rebates, invoice issuance services, agent-based registration, certificate handling services, invitations to join groups, QQ, or WeChat, selling personal information, ISP poaching, traffic marketing, insurance, real estate, education, training, games, beauty, medical services, clubs, bars, foot spas, exam assistance, trademark registration, decoration, building materials, furniture, exhibitions, auto shows, or property shows.

Variable specifications

Variable format

  • Fixed format: ${variable_name}, such as ${name} and ${content}

  • Naming convention:

    • Must start with a letter.

    • Can contain only letters, digits, and underscores (_).

    • Cannot be purely numeric.

    • Do not use reserved words such as email, mobile, id, nick, and site.

Variable usage rules

  • Correct example: A meeting about ${content} will be held at ${place} on ${time}. Please be on time.

  • Prohibited: Placing two variables next to each other. Example: Hello: ${name}, ${content}

  • Prohibited: Combining variables or placing them adjacent to each other.

  • Prohibited: Templates cannot consist only of variables.

  • Prohibited: Do not pass IP addresses or links as variable values.

  • Prohibited: Do not pass a company name, app name, mini program name, or other actual business platform name as a variable value (for example, ${company}). Note the following:

    1. The actual business platform name (such as a company name or app name) must be fixed in the template text when you apply for the template. It cannot be dynamically passed in through a variable.

    2. If you need to send voice messages on behalf of different business entities, you must provide a cooperation agreement and apply for a separate template for each entity.

    3. During review, you must provide the relevant business link, app, mini program, or official account so that reviewers can verify the scenario.

Voice Captcha specifications

Content requirements

Requirement

Specification

Required keywords

The template must contain one of the following four terms: Captcha, registration code, validation code, or dynamic code.

Required information

The template must specify one of the following: the platform, expiration time, or purpose.

Variable requirements

Requirement

Specification

Number of variables

Only one variable is supported.

Variable content

Only numbers or English letters are supported.

Correct examples

  • Your CAPTCHA is ${code}. Use it within 5 minutes.

  • Your registration code is ${code}. It is used for logon authentication and is valid for 10 minutes.

Incorrect examples

  • Your CAPTCHA is ${code1} and ${code2}. (Contains more than one variable)

  • Your CAPTCHA is ${code}. Visit http://xxxx.com to use it. (Contains a URL)

Voice call guidelines

Content requirements

Requirement

Guideline

Prohibited content

Promotional content is not allowed.

Variable requirements

Requirement

Common pattern

Exclusive pattern

Number of variables

Maximum of 2 variables

No limit

Variable repetition

A variable can appear only once in a template.

A variable can appear only once in a template.

Variable combination

Short links and variables cannot be directly combined.

Short links and variables cannot be directly combined.

Examples

  • Your child ${name} has arrived. Please pick them up promptly.

  • For exclusive pattern only: A meeting about ${content} is scheduled for ${time} at ${place}. Please be on time.

Incorrect examples

  • Your child ${name} has arrived at the ${name} location! (The same variable is used twice.)

  • Visit xxxx.cn${code} to view details. (A short link is directly combined with a variable.)

Quick comparison table

Item

Voice Captcha

Voice call (common pattern)

Voice Call (Dedicated Mode)

Number of variables

1

Up to 2

Unlimited

Variable content

Numbers or letters only

Unrestricted

Unrestricted

Required keywords

Captcha, registration code, verification code, or dynamic code

None

None

Required information

Platform, expiration time, or purpose (choose one)

None

None

Prohibited content

Promotional content

Promotional content

Promotional content

References