diff --git a/tts/azure/index.js b/tts/azure/index.js
index 16414cd..4b1fe31 100644
--- a/tts/azure/index.js
+++ b/tts/azure/index.js
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ module.exports = class AzureTTS extends BaseEngine {
             speechConfig.speechSynthesisVoiceName = this.voices[voice];
             const audioConfig = sdk.AudioConfig.fromAudioFileOutput(filepath);
             const synthesizer = new sdk.SpeechSynthesizer(speechConfig, audioConfig);
-            synthesizer.speakSsmlAsync(
-                '<speak>'+text+'</speak>',
+            synthesizer.speakTextAsync(text,
                 result => {
                     synthesizer.close();
                     if (result) {