Name
pause-after, pause-before — NN n/a IE n/a CSS 2
Synopsis
Inherited: No
For aural style sheets, sets the duration of a pause after or before the current element. You can assign both attributes to the same element to designate pauses before and after the element is spoken.
CSS Syntax
pause-after:time|percentagepause-before:time|percentage
Value
Values for time are floating-point numbers
followed by either the ms (milliseconds) or
s (seconds) unit identifier. These settings are
therefore absolute durations for pauses. Values for
percentage are inversely proportional to
the words-per-minute values of the speech-rate
attribute setting. Because the speech-rate
controls how long it takes for a single word (on average), a
pause setting of 100% means
that a pause has the same duration as a single word; a setting of
50% would be a pause of one-half the duration of
speaking a single word.
Initial Value
Depends on the browser.
Applies To
All elements.
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