TwiML™ Voice: <Pause>

The <Pause> verb waits silently for a specific number of seconds. If <Pause> is the first verb in a TwiML document, Twilio will wait the specified number of seconds before picking up the call.

Verb Attributes

The <Pause> verb supports the following attributes that modify its behavior:

Attribute Name	Allowed Values	Default Value
length	integer > 0	1 second

length

The 'length' attribute specifies how many seconds Twilio will wait silently before continuing on.

Nesting Rules

You can't nest any verbs within <Pause>, but you can nest the <Pause> verb within the following verbs:

<Gather>

Examples

Example 1: Simple pause

This example demonstrates using <Pause> to wait between two <Say> verbs.

Simple pause

SDK Version:

Format:

TwiML

const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;

const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.say('I will pause 10 seconds starting now!');
response.pause({
    length: 10
});
response.say('I just paused 10 seconds');

console.log(response.toString());

using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;


class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var response = new VoiceResponse();
        response.Say("I will pause 10 seconds starting now!");
        response.Pause(length: 10);
        response.Say("I just paused 10 seconds");

        Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
    }
}

<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\TwiML;

$response = new TwiML();
$response->say('I will pause 10 seconds starting now!');
$response->pause(['length' => 10]);
$response->say('I just paused 10 seconds');

echo $response;

require 'twilio-ruby'

response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.say(message: 'I will pause 10 seconds starting now!')
response.pause(length: 10)
response.say(message: 'I just paused 10 seconds')

puts response

from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Pause, VoiceResponse, Say

response = VoiceResponse()
response.say('I will pause 10 seconds starting now!')
response.pause(length=10)
response.say('I just paused 10 seconds')

print(response)

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Pause;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Say;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;


public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Say say = new Say.Builder("I will pause 10 seconds starting now!")
            .build();
        Say say2 = new Say.Builder("I just paused 10 seconds").build();
        Pause pause = new Pause.Builder().length(10).build();
        VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().say(say)
            .pause(pause).say(say2).build();

        try {
            System.out.println(response.toXml());
        } catch (TwiMLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
    <Say>I will pause 10 seconds starting now!</Say>
    <Pause length="10"/>
    <Say>I just paused 10 seconds</Say>
</Response>

Simple pause

Example 2: Delayed pickup

This example demonstrates using <Pause> to delay Twilio for 5 seconds before accepting a call.

Delayed pickup

SDK Version:

Format:

TwiML

const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;

const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.pause({
    length: 5
});
response.say('Hi there.');

console.log(response.toString());

using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;


class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var response = new VoiceResponse();
        response.Pause(length: 5);
        response.Say("Hi there.");

        Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
    }
}

<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\TwiML;

$response = new TwiML();
$response->pause(['length' => 5]);
$response->say('Hi there.');

echo $response;

require 'twilio-ruby'

response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.pause(length: 5)
response.say(message: 'Hi there.')

puts response

from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Pause, VoiceResponse, Say

response = VoiceResponse()
response.pause(length=5)
response.say('Hi there.')

print(response)

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Pause;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Say;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;


public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pause pause = new Pause.Builder().length(5).build();
        Say say = new Say.Builder("Hi there.").build();
        VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().pause(pause)
            .say(say).build();

        try {
            System.out.println(response.toXml());
        } catch (TwiMLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
    <Pause length="5"/>
    <Say>Hi there.</Say>
</Response>

Delayed pickup

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const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse; const response = new VoiceResponse(); response.say('I will pause 10 seconds starting now!'); response.pause({ length: 10 }); response.say('I just paused 10 seconds'); console.log(response.toString());

using Twilio.TwiML; using System; class Example { static void Main() { var response = new VoiceResponse(); response.Say("I will pause 10 seconds starting now!"); response.Pause(length: 10); response.Say("I just paused 10 seconds"); Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());; } }

<?php require_once './vendor/autoload.php'; use Twilio\TwiML; $response = new TwiML(); $response->say('I will pause 10 seconds starting now!'); $response->pause(['length' => 10]); $response->say('I just paused 10 seconds'); echo $response;

require 'twilio-ruby' response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new response.say(message: 'I will pause 10 seconds starting now!') response.pause(length: 10) response.say(message: 'I just paused 10 seconds') puts response

from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Pause, VoiceResponse, Say response = VoiceResponse() response.say('I will pause 10 seconds starting now!') response.pause(length=10) response.say('I just paused 10 seconds') print(response)

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Pause; import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse; import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Say; import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { Say say = new Say.Builder("I will pause 10 seconds starting now!") .build(); Say say2 = new Say.Builder("I just paused 10 seconds").build(); Pause pause = new Pause.Builder().length(10).build(); VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().say(say) .pause(pause).say(say2).build(); try { System.out.println(response.toXml()); } catch (TwiMLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }

using Twilio.TwiML; using System; class Example { static void Main() { var response = new VoiceResponse(); response.Pause(length: 5); response.Say("Hi there."); Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());; } }

import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Pause; import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse; import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Say; import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { Pause pause = new Pause.Builder().length(5).build(); Say say = new Say.Builder("Hi there.").build(); VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().pause(pause) .say(say).build(); try { System.out.println(response.toXml()); } catch (TwiMLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }