<emphasis>

Specifies the stress of the text enclosed within the <emphasis> element.

Syntax

<emphasis 
    level="{strong|moderate|reduced|none}"
/> 

Attributes

Attribute

Data Type

Required?

Default

Description

level

{strong | moderate |
reduced | none}

yes

moderate

Amount of emphasis assigned to the text.

Parents

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

Children

<audio>, <break>, <emphasis>, <enumerate>, <mark>, <phoneme>, <prosody>, <say-as>, <value>, <voice>

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/vxml">
    <form>
        <block>
            Thank you <emphasis>so</emphasis> much.
        </block>
    </form>
</vxml>

See Also

<prompt>