Pause | SignalWire

The <Pause> verb waits silently for a distinctive number of seconds.

Verb attributes

length

integerDefaults to 1

The number of seconds SignalWire will pause silently before moving on.

Nesting

No other verbs can be nested within <Pause>. However, <Pause> can be nested within a <Gather>.

Examples

A simple pause

1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <Response>
3     <Say>Please wait one moment while I check that for you.</Say>
4     <Pause length="8"/>
5     <Say>Yes, we are open Monday through Friday.</Say>
6 </Response>

This illustrates the wait time between two statements.

Delaying a response

1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <Response>
3     <Pause length="3"/>
4     <Say>Hello, how can I help you?</Say>
5 </Response>

SignalWire waits 3 seconds before answering a call.