"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
<audio>, <emphasis>, <p>, <prosody>, <s>, <speak>, <voice>
Children
<audio>, <break>, <emphasis>, <mark>, <phoneme>, <prosody>, <say-as>, <sub>, <voice>
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> |