Forum Discussion
Adding pauses in text to speech
Any updates on this? I just had a request to pause between sentences and while adding ... at the end of sentences does add a bit of a delay it seems to have limits.
Best, Steve
I have noticed that adding a period and inserting a return adds a nice pause in between words. For example:
Rather than "I prefer to eat pie, but very much enjoy cake as well."
I would type:
"I prefer to eat pie.
But very much enjoy cake as well."
I have found that this technique gives me a nice pause when I am making a point or identifying different areas on a screen, for example.
For longer pauses I do usually split the text to speech into two and move the second to a place further along the timeline, as suggested above.
I hope that's helpful for someone!