# <break>

Description

Specifies a pause in the speech output.

Syntax

    <break
        time="time_interval"
        strength="none" | "x-weak" | "weak" | "medium" | "strong" | "x-strong"
        size="none" | "small" | "medium" | "large"/>

Attributes

Attribute | Description
time | Specifies an absolute pause in seconds or milliseconds. Optional (Only one of time and size can be defined).
strength | Specifies relative pause duration. The actual pause duration depends on TTS engine. Optional. (Defaults to medium).
size | The latest version of the SSML spec no longer defines this attribute. See your vendor documentation to confirm which attributes are supported/recommended. Specifies relative pause duration. The actual pause duration depends on TTS engine. Optional. (Defaults to medium).

Parents

<audio>, <choice>, <emphasis>, <enumerate>, <foreach>, <paragraph>, <p>, <prompt>, <prosody>, <sentence>, <s>, <speak>, <voice>

Children

None.

Limitations/Restrictions

- `<break>` is only supported as a child of `<foreach>` when `<foreach>` is used within `<prompt>`.
- Refer to your vendor documentation for support details.

Example

To include speech markup tags, insert the SSML tags inside one of the `<prompt>`, `<audio>`, `<choice>`, `<enumerate>`, or `<foreach>` (within `<prompt>`) elements.

    <prompt>
       Hello, <break size="large"/> world!
    </prompt>