<emphasis>

New in VoiceXML 2.0. Speech Synthesis Markup Language element that changes the emphasis of speech output.

Syntax

 <emphasis
     level="strong"|"moderate"|"none"|"reduced"
 >
   Text
 </emp>

Description

Any attribute is ignored; the contained text is spoken normally.

Attribute Description

level
Level of emphasis to use when speaking the enclosed text. Optional (default is moderate).

Possible values are:

• strong

• moderate

• none

• reduced

Usage

Parents Children

<audio> <bevocal:whisper> <choice> <emphasis> <enumerate> <p> <paragraph> <prompt> <prosody> <s> <sentence> <voice> <audio> <break> <emphasis> <enumerate> <mark> <phoneme> <prosody> <say-as> <value> <voice>

See Also

•	SSML 1.0 Specification: `<emphasis>`
•	Related tags: `<break>`, `<mark>`, `<paragraph>`, `<phoneme>`, `<prosody>`, `<say-as>`, `<sentence>`, `<voice>`

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`<audio>` `<bevocal:whisper>` `<choice>` `<emphasis>` `<enumerate>` `<p>` `<paragraph>` `<prompt>` `<prosody>` `<s>` `<sentence>` `<voice>`	`<audio>` `<break>` `<emphasis>` `<enumerate>` `<mark>` `<phoneme>` `<prosody>` `<say-as>` `<value>` `<voice>`