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opVoiceStress style property | XvVoiceStress style property

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opVoiceStress

XvVoiceStress

Specifies or retrieves the strength of emphasis to be applied.

Same as the voice-stress property in the CSS3 declaration.

The opVoiceStress and XvVoiceStress properties are equivalent in Opera.

Syntax:

object.opVoiceStress;
object.XvVoiceStress;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

XvVoiceStress:	This property is read/write.
opVoiceStress:	This property is read/write.

CSS page for this property: -op-voice-stress

Possible values:

The type of this property is string.

One of the following values:

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

moderate

Apply a moderate emphasis.

none

Inhibit the synthesizer from emphasizing words it would normally emphasize.

reduced

Effectively the opposite of emphasizing a word.

strong

Apply a strong emphasis.

Default: moderate.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the -xv-voice-stress property:

<head>
    <style>
        .example {
            -xv-voice-stress: strong;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <p class="example">Apply a strong emphasis.</p>
    Select the text in the document, right click and select speak
</body>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the XvVoiceStress property in JavaScript:

<head>
    <style>
        #example {
            -xv-voice-stress: strong;
        }
    </style>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangeStress (selectTag) {
            var example = document.getElementById ("example");

            // Returns the index of the selected option
            var whichSelected = selectTag.selectedIndex;

            // Returns the text of the selected option
            var selectState = selectTag.options[whichSelected].text;

            if ('XvVoiceStress' in example.style) {
                example.style.XvVoiceStress = selectState;
                // or opVoiceStress
            } else {
                alert ("Your browser doesn't support this example!");
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    Normal voice
    <p class="example">Select the text in the document, right click and select speak</p>
    Normal voice
    <select onchange="ChangeStress (this);" size="3">
        <option>moderate</option>
        <option selected="selected">strong</option>
        <option>reduced</option>
    </select>
</body>