// Short pause between items in a list
voice.text('First').break({ strength: 'weak' }).text('Second');
// Long pause for dramatic effect
voice.text('And the winner is').break({ strength: 'x-strong' }).text('Team Alpha!');
https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup#add-a-break Break Element Documentation
Strength levels for break/pause elements.
Controls the relative duration of pauses in speech. Each strength level corresponds to a predefined pause duration. The actual pause may vary slightly based on the speech synthesis engine and surrounding context.
Duration mapping:
x-weak: 250ms - Very short pause, barely noticeableweak: 500ms - Short pause, like a commamedium: 750ms - Medium pause (default), like a sentence endingstrong: 1000ms - Long pause, like a paragraph breakx-strong: 1250ms - Very long pause, for emphasis or section breaks