<break>

Inserts a pause or prosodic boundary between words.

Syntax

<break 
    strength = "{x-weak | weak | medium | strong | x-strong | none}"
    time = "CDATA"
/>

Attributes

Attribute

Data Type

Required?

Default

Description

strength

identifier

no

medium

Strength of the prosodic break in the speech output. Valid values:

  • medium

  • none

  • strong

  • x-strong

  • x-weak

  • weak

time

CDATA

no

NA

Duration to pause. Specify s for seconds and ms for milliseconds.

Details

If a <break> element is not used with strength or time attributes, the VoiceXML Interpreter produces a break with a prosodic strength greater than that which the processor would otherwise have used if no break element was supplied.

Parents

<audio>, <choice>, <emphasis>, <enumerate>, <option>, <p>, <prompt>, <prosody>, <s>, <voice>

Children

None.

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/vxml">
    <form>
        <block>
            <prompt>
                This is a default medium pause:
                <break/>
                This is a ten millisecond pause:
                <break time="10ms"/>
                This is an extra-strong break:
                <break strength="x-strong"/>
            </prompt>
        </block>
    </form>
</vxml>

See Also

<audio>, <prompt>