> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cartesia.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Inserting Breaks/Pauses

To insert breaks (or pauses) in generated speech, you can use `<break/>` tags. For example, `<break time="1s"/>`. You can specify the time in seconds (`s`) or milliseconds (`ms`). These tags are considered 1 character and do not need to be separated with adjacent text using a space -- to save credits you can remove spaces around break tags.

## Example

```xml theme={null}
Hello, my name is Sonic.<break time="1s"/>Nice to meet you.
```