<emphasis>

Specifies that the enclosed text should be spoken with emphasis.

Attributes

level

(defaults to "default") The "level" attribute of the <prosody> tag changes the emphasis of the spoken text. You can specify a preset emphasis ("high", "medium", "low", or "default"). This attribute is only available with the Cepstral Theta TTS engine.

Notes

None

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.0">
  <form>
    <block>
      <prompt>
        I can say hello with no emphasis.
        Or I can say <emphasis>hello</emphasis> with some oomph.
      </prompt>
    </block>
  </form>
</vxml>

The output of the above script would be:

Computer: I can say hello with no emphasis. Computer: Or I can say HELLO with some oomph.

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