<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

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>