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<prompt>
The <prompt> element controls the output of synthesized speech and prerecorded audio.
Attributes
| bargein | (defaults to true) Controls whether a user can interrupt a prompt. |
| bargeintype | This attribute is not supported. |
| cond | (defaults to true) An expression that must evaluate to true after conversion to Boolean in order for the prompt to played. |
| count | (defaults to 1) A number that allows you to emit different prompts if the user is doing something repeatedly. |
| xml:lang | (defaults to “xml:lang” global property or the “xml:lang” attribute of the <vxml> tag) The language identifier as defined in RFC3066. |
| timeout | The timeout that will be used for the following user input. |
Notes
None
Example
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.0">
<form>
<block>
<prompt bargein="false">
You have to wait until the end of this sentence
before you'll be able to interrupt this prompt.
</prompt>
</block>
<field name="myfield">
<grammar type="application/x-jsgf">
( 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | "#" | "*" )+
</grammar>
<prompt bargein="true">
Now you can press any DTMF button and the prompt will
be interrupted.
</prompt>
<filled>
<prompt>
You entered <value expr="myfield"/>
</prompt>
</filled>
</field>
</form>
</vxml>
The output of the above script would be:
Computer: You have to wait until the end of this sentence…
Human: (enters DTMF-1)
Computer: (disregards input)
Computer: …before you'll be able to interrupt the audio with DTMF.
Computer: Now you can press any DTMF button and…
Human: (enters DTMF-5)
Computer: You entered five.
Child Tags
<audio>, <break>, <emphasis>, <enumerate>, <foreach>, <lexicon>, <mark>, <metadata>, <phoneme>, <prosody>, <sub>, <p>, <paragraph>, <s>, <say-as>, <sentence>, <speak>, <value>, <voice>