# TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# SemioticClassBuilder

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Kotlin\|[Java](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder "View this page in Java")  

```
open class SemioticClassBuilder<C : TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder<*>!> : TtsSpan.Builder<C>
```

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| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                                                        |||
| ↳ | [android.text.style.TtsSpan.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder)\<C\>                          ||
|   | ↳ | [android.text.style.TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#) |

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| Known Direct Subclasses [TtsSpan.CardinalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.CardinalBuilder),[TtsSpan.DateBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DateBuilder),[TtsSpan.DecimalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DecimalBuilder),[TtsSpan.DigitsBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DigitsBuilder),[TtsSpan.DurationBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DurationBuilder),[TtsSpan.ElectronicBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.ElectronicBuilder),[TtsSpan.FractionBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.FractionBuilder),[TtsSpan.MeasureBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.MeasureBuilder),[TtsSpan.MoneyBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.MoneyBuilder),[TtsSpan.OrdinalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.OrdinalBuilder),[TtsSpan.TelephoneBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TelephoneBuilder),[TtsSpan.TextBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TextBuilder), and 2 others. |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [TtsSpan.CardinalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.CardinalBuilder)     | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_CARDINAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_CARDINAL:kotlin.String).     | | [TtsSpan.DateBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DateBuilder)             | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_DATE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_DATE:kotlin.String).             | | [TtsSpan.DecimalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DecimalBuilder)       | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_DECIMAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_DECIMAL:kotlin.String).       | | [TtsSpan.DigitsBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DigitsBuilder)         | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_DIGITS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_DIGITS:kotlin.String).         | | [TtsSpan.DurationBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.DurationBuilder)     | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_DURATION](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_DURATION:kotlin.String).     | | [TtsSpan.ElectronicBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.ElectronicBuilder) | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_ELECTRONIC](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_ELECTRONIC:kotlin.String). | | [TtsSpan.FractionBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.FractionBuilder)     | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_FRACTION](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_FRACTION:kotlin.String).     | | [TtsSpan.MeasureBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.MeasureBuilder)       | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_MEASURE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_MEASURE:kotlin.String).       | | [TtsSpan.MoneyBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.MoneyBuilder)           | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_MONEY](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_MONEY:kotlin.String).           | | [TtsSpan.OrdinalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.OrdinalBuilder)       | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_ORDINAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_ORDINAL:kotlin.String).       | | [TtsSpan.TelephoneBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TelephoneBuilder)   | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_TELEPHONE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TELEPHONE:kotlin.String).   | | [TtsSpan.TextBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TextBuilder)             | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_TEXT](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TEXT:kotlin.String).             | | [TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder)             | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_TIME](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TIME:kotlin.String).             | | [TtsSpan.VerbatimBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.VerbatimBuilder)     | A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_VERBATIM](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_VERBATIM:kotlin.String).     | |

A builder for TtsSpans, has setters for morphosyntactic features. This builder can be used directly, but the more specific subclasses of this builder like[TtsSpan.TextBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TextBuilder)and[TtsSpan.CardinalBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.CardinalBuilder)are likely more useful.

## Summary

|                                                                                                                         Public constructors                                                                                                                         ||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
| [SemioticClassBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#SemioticClassBuilder(kotlin.String))`(`type:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> |

|                                                                                                                                                   Public methods                                                                                                                                                    ||
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| openC | [setAnimacy](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setAnimacy(kotlin.String))`(`animacy:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Sets the animacy information for this instance.                     |
| openC | [setCase](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setCase(kotlin.String))`(`grammaticalCase:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Sets the grammatical case information for this instance.          |
| openC | [setGender](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setGender(kotlin.String))`(`gender:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Sets the gender information for this instance.                         |
| openC | [setMultiplicity](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setMultiplicity(kotlin.String))`(`multiplicity:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Sets the multiplicity information for this instance. |

| Inherited functions ||
|---|---|
| From class[Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [TtsSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan)! | [build](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#build())`()` <br /> Returns a TtsSpan built from the parameters set by the setter methods. <br />                                                                                                                                                                                                            | | C                                                                                     | [setIntArgument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#setIntArgument(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Int))`(`arg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` <br /> Sets an argument to an int value. <br />                   | | C                                                                                     | [setLongArgument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#setLongArgument(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Long))`(`arg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[Long](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-long/index.html)`)` <br /> Sets an argument to a long value. <br />              | | C                                                                                     | [setStringArgument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#setStringArgument(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`arg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> Sets an argument to a string value. <br /> | ||

## Public constructors

### SemioticClassBuilder

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
SemioticClassBuilder(type: String!)
```

## Public methods

### setAnimacy

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setAnimacy(animacy: String!): C
```

Sets the animacy information for this instance.

|                                                                                                                                                                               Parameters                                                                                                                                                                               ||
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `animacy` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:Can be any of[ANIMACY_ANIMATE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ANIMACY_ANIMATE:kotlin.String)and[ANIMACY_INANIMATE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ANIMACY_INANIMATE:kotlin.String). |

|      Return       ||
|---|----------------|
| C | This instance. |

### setCase

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setCase(grammaticalCase: String!): C
```

Sets the grammatical case information for this instance.

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Parameters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ||
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| `grammaticalCase` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:Can be any of[CASE_NOMINATIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_NOMINATIVE:kotlin.String),[CASE_ACCUSATIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_ACCUSATIVE:kotlin.String),[CASE_DATIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_DATIVE:kotlin.String),[CASE_ABLATIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_ABLATIVE:kotlin.String),[CASE_GENITIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_GENITIVE:kotlin.String),[CASE_VOCATIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_VOCATIVE:kotlin.String),[CASE_LOCATIVE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_LOCATIVE:kotlin.String)and[CASE_INSTRUMENTAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#CASE_INSTRUMENTAL:kotlin.String). |

|      Return       ||
|---|----------------|
| C | This instance. |

### setGender

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setGender(gender: String!): C
```

Sets the gender information for this instance.

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Parameters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ||
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `gender` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:Can any of[GENDER_NEUTRAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#GENDER_NEUTRAL:kotlin.String),[GENDER_MALE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#GENDER_MALE:kotlin.String)and[GENDER_FEMALE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#GENDER_FEMALE:kotlin.String). |

|      Return       ||
|---|----------------|
| C | This instance. |

### setMultiplicity

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setMultiplicity(multiplicity: String!): C
```

Sets the multiplicity information for this instance.

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Parameters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ||
|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `multiplicity` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:Can be any of[MULTIPLICITY_SINGLE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#MULTIPLICITY_SINGLE:kotlin.String),[MULTIPLICITY_DUAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#MULTIPLICITY_DUAL:kotlin.String)and[MULTIPLICITY_PLURAL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#MULTIPLICITY_PLURAL:kotlin.String). |

|      Return       ||
|---|----------------|
| C | This instance. |