NantiChrist
03/15/2025, 6:14 AMVapi Support Bot
03/15/2025, 6:15 AM<break>
tags after every 2 characters, like this:
xml
<speak>
FR<break time="4s"/>76<break time="4s"/>42<break time="4s"/>55<break time="4s"/>91<break time="4s"/>00<break time="4s"/>00<break time="4s"/>97<break time="4s"/>58<break time="4s"/>17<break time="4s"/>24<break time="4s"/>20<break time="4s"/>05<break time="4s"/>1
</speak>
You can also slow down the overall speech rate using SSML:
xml
<speak>
<prosody rate="slow">
FR<break time="4s"/>76<break time="4s"/>42<break time="4s"/>55...
</prosody>
</speak>
Alternatively, if SSML isn't available, you can try using ellipses between characters to create natural pauses in the text: "F R ... 7 6 ... 4 2 ..." though this won't give you precise 4-second pauses [as mentioned in the prompting guide](https://docs.vapi.ai/prompting-guide).
Hope this helps! 😊
Sources:
- [Prompting Guide](https://docs.vapi.ai/prompting-guide)
- [SSML Discussion Thread](https://discord.com/channels/1211482211119796234/1211483291191083018/threads/1296031572956549171)NantiChrist
03/15/2025, 6:40 AM