The overview states (emphasis added):
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The inclusion of a select set of features from the CSS 3 Speech Module enables Authors to control additional speech synthesis options, such as voice [[[pitch and rate]]].
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http://epub-revision.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/build/30/spec/epub30-overview.html#sec-tts
...but EPUB3 doesn't actually mandate support for voice-rate, voice-pitch (and voice-range) from CSS3-Speech:
I suggest that we re-word the overview:
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The inclusion of a select set of features from the CSS 3 Speech Module enables Authors to control further speech synthesis characteristics.
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As I am one of the editors of "EPUB 3 Overview", I can make the proposed edit (unless someone objects).
Regards, Daniel