<break>

The break element is an empty element that controls the pausing or other prosodic boundaries between words.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<speak version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis
                   http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/synthesis.xsd"
         xml:lang="en-US">

  Take a deep breath <break/> then continue. 
  Press 1 or wait for the tone. <break time="3s"/>
  I didn't hear you! <break strength="weak"/> Please repeat.
</speak>

Attributes

strength

Optional. Indicates the strength of the prosodic break in the speech output. The value "none" indicates that no prosodic break boundary should be outputted, which can be used to prevent a prosodic break which the processor would otherwise produce. Valid values include: "none", "x-weak", "weak", "medium" (default value), "strong", or "x-strong".

time

Optional. Indicates the duration of a pause to be inserted in the output in seconds or milliseconds. It follows the time value format from the Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Recommendation [CSS2] (e.g. "250ms", "3s").

Children

none

Parents

<speak>

Source: Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0