# Speak normal **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [November 10, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speak-normal/120178 "2024-11-10T10:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Willie\_Plompen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/willie_plompen/32/8291_2.png) [@Willie\_Plompen](https://community.homey.app/u/Willie_Plompen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speak-normal/120178/1 "2024-11-10T10:12:17Z")
How can you make something say on a Sonos or Google Home with a slight pause in between, so that it doesn’t play everything in one continuous tone? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speak-normal/120178/2 "2024-11-10T21:39:45Z")
Enter a dot maybe? Else split the text up in 2 or more action cards, which you can trigger with a certain delay. AFAIK there’s no sophisticated way to enter a pause. ---
**Author:** ![Joenoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joenoo/32/18671_2.png) [@Joenoo](https://community.homey.app/u/Joenoo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speak-normal/120178/3 "2024-11-11T07:18:12Z")
Google Cloud Services app supports SSML. ---
**Author:** ![Willie\_Plompen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/willie_plompen/32/8291_2.png) [@Willie\_Plompen](https://community.homey.app/u/Willie_Plompen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speak-normal/120178/4 "2024-11-11T14:17:56Z")
That is indeed the solution, but unfortunately, I don’t have a credit card, and using ‘pause’ isn’t a solution either. You can only use it if you know exactly how long you want it to last, which, of course, isn’t the case