# Voice Emphasis

Hi everyone, I want to get my avatar to put emphasis on specific words in the voiceover but I don’t know how to do it. Anyone got any tips for how to do this?

## Tips for Voice Emphasis

There are a few things you can try to help the voice place more emphasis on certain words:

- Capitalise the word you want stressed, for example: **“This is REALLY important.”**

- Use punctuation deliberately: commas, periods, ellipses or exclamation marks can all affect the pacing and intonation.

- Add a short pause before the key word or phrase to help it stand out more naturally.

- Try rewording the sentence if the emphasis keeps falling in the wrong place. Sometimes a small change to the sentence structure works better than trying to force the original wording.

You can also use **speech regeneration** to generate a different take of the same script. The voice and wording stay the same, but the timing, rhythm, intonation and emphasis may vary slightly. You can regenerate a full scene or an individual paragraph a few times and keep the version that sounds best.

You’ll find more tips on pronunciation, pacing and speech delivery in this guide:

[https://docs.synthesia.io/docs/script](https://docs.synthesia.io/docs/script)

Hopefully, that gives you a few things to try. If you’re still not getting the result you’re after, drop us a message at [support@synthesia.io](mailto:support@synthesia.io) and we’ll be happy to help.