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Stress the word that changes the meaning

Wrap a word in <emph> and the voice leans on it, in English, Thai, and Chinese. The rest of the line keeps its own delivery.

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One sentence, a different stress each time#

Khanom Krok reads the same sentence with the stress on a different word each time. Every clip is Paxa TTS Flash v2.

  • I never said she took the money.No stress written0:02
  • <emph>I</emph> never said she took the money.Someone else said it.0:02
  • I <emph>never</emph> said she took the money.I did not say it at all.0:02
  • I never <emph>said</emph> she took the money.I only implied it.0:02
  • I never said <emph>she</emph> took the money.Someone else took it.0:02
  • I never said she <emph>took</emph> the money.She may have borrowed it.0:02
  • I never said she took the <emph>money</emph>.She took something else.0:02

paxa-tts-flash-v2 · khanomkrok · captured Oct 28, 2026 · unedited

Weight, Thai, and Chinese#

A number after the colon scales the stress. In Thai, which writes no spaces between words, the markup goes around the word itself.

Half weight

I <emph:0.5>never</emph> said she took the money.

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Weight 2

I <emph:2>never</emph> said she took the money.

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Two stressed words

I <emph>never</emph> said <emph>she</emph> took the money.

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A Thai line

ฉัน<emph>ไม่ได้</emph>บอกว่าเขาเอาเงินไป

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Another word, in Thai

ฉันไม่ได้บอกว่าเขาเอา<emph>เงิน</emph>ไป

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A Chinese line

我没说是<emph>她</emph>拿了钱。

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Questions#

How else can stress be written?

As a bracket direction: [emphasize] in English, [เน้นเสียง] or [ลงน้ำหนัก] in Thai, and [强调] or [重读] in Chinese. The bracket form holds until the next direction.

Can a line stress more than one word?

Yes. Each <emph> span stands on its own, anywhere in the line.

Does stress work under a direction?

Yes. In [sad] I am <emph>very</emph> tired, the sad read continues after the stressed word.

Stress a word. New accounts start with 100 free credits. Wrap one word of a line in <emph> and hear it in the playground.

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