# <emphasis>

Description

Specifies that the enclosed text should be spoken with emphasis.

Syntax

    <emphasis
        level="strong" | "moderate" | "none" | "reduced">
      child elements
    </emphasis>

Attributes

Attribute | Description
level | Specifies the level of emphasis. Optional. (Defaults to moderate).

Parents

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

Children

<audio>, <break>, <emphasis>, <mark>, <phoneme>, <prosody>, <say-as>, <sub>, <voice>, <value>, #PCDATA

Limitations/Restrictions

- Currently, `<enumerate>` and `<mark>` are not supported within `<emphasis>`.
- `<emphasis>` 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, <emphasis level="strong">world</emphasis>!
    </prompt>