# TTS pause between pronouncing of the fields

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**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-pause-between-pronouncing-of-the-fields/41331 "2024-02-20T06:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Volmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/volmark/32/18226_2.png) [@Volmark](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Volmark)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-pause-between-pronouncing-of-the-fields/41331/1 "2024-02-20T06:35:19Z")

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I have a lot of fields that pronounced by tts and I would like to set pauses between pronouncing of the fields.  
Also between words or expressions (sentences) in the same field.  
{{tts pt\_PT voices=com.google.android.tts-pt-pt-x-sfs-local speed=0.8:Context}}  
Some ideas?

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-pause-between-pronouncing-of-the-fields/41331/2 "2024-02-20T17:59:57Z")

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> [@Volmark](#):
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> Also between words or expressions (sentences) in the same field.

For this, I find punctuation works pretty well – comma, period, dash, etc. – as long as you can figure out which punctuation this particular TTS voice/service interprets as a pause, and which ones it will just read aloud.

> [@Volmark](#):
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> set pauses between pronouncing of the fields

I know when I play a series of audio files in separate fields (like `{{1st Audio}}{{2nd Audio}}{{3rd Audio}}{{4th Audio}}`) Anki gives a reasonable pause between them. Is that not what happens with TTS reading it live?

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**Author:** ![Volmark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/volmark/32/18226_2.png) [@Volmark](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Volmark)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-pause-between-pronouncing-of-the-fields/41331/3 "2024-02-20T22:23:57Z")

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Thanks for the answer.

1. Unfortunately the usual publication marks do not work with Google tts. I have tried all.
2. Audio recordings are not the same as tts. They are totally different technologies.  
Maybe I should try Anki tts ☹

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**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-pause-between-pronouncing-of-the-fields/41331/4 "2024-02-23T00:24:02Z")

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> [@Volmark](#):
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> I have a lot of fields that pronounced by tts and I would like to set pauses between pronouncing of the fields.

For pauses between fields, I use an audio file with silence.

`<div style="display:none;">[sound:_1sec.mp3]</div>`

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-pause-between-pronouncing-of-the-fields/41331/5 "2024-03-24T00:24:37Z")

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