Definition and Usage
Indicates the strength of emphasis to be applied. Emphasis is indicated using a combination of pitch change, timing changes, loudness and other acoustic differences) that varies from one language to the next.
| Name: | voice-stress |
| Value: | normal | strong | moderate | none | reduced |
| Initial: | normal |
| Applies to: | all elements |
| Inherited: | yes |
| Percentages: | N/A |
| Media: | speech |
| Computed value: | specified value |
Syntax
voice-stress: normal | strong | moderate | none | reduced;
Values
- normal
Represents the default emphasis produced by the speech synthesizer.
- none
Prevents the synthesizer from emphasizing text it would normally emphasize.
- moderate and strong
These values are monotonically non-decreasing in strength. Their application results in more emphasis than what the speech synthesizer would normally produce (i.e. more than the value corresponding to '
normal').- reduced
Effectively the opposite of emphasizing a word.
Examples
.default-emphasis { voice-stress: normal; }
.lowered-emphasis { voice-stress: reduced; }
.removed-emphasis { voice-stress: none; }
.normal-emphasis { voice-stress: moderate; }
.huge-emphasis { voice-stress: strong; }
