"emphasis" Element

<emphasis>

Description

Reads text with an emphasis (also referred to as prominence or stress).

Syntax

  <emphasis
level = “strong” | “moderate” | “none” | “reduced” >
  text
</emphasis>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
level	Strength of the emphasis. Default is “moderate”. optional field

Parent

Children

Limitations/Restrictions

The strength of the emphasis is controlled by modifying the volume of the synthesized speech.

Example

  <?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">
  That is a <emphasis> big </emphasis> car!
  That is a <emphasis level="strong"> huge </emphasis>
  bank account!
</speak>

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