# Pause

The **\<Pause>** verb waits silently for a specific number of seconds. If \<Pause> is the first verb in a RCML response, CallAPI will wait the specified number of seconds before picking up the call.

## Pause Attributes

| Name       | Allowed Values | Default Value |
| ---------- | -------------- | ------------- |
| **length** | integer > 0    | 1 second      |

{% hint style="info" %}
&#x20;**Length.** The 'length' attribute specifies how many seconds CallAPI will wait silently before continuing on.
{% endhint %}

### Nesting

The  verb can not have any other verbs or nouns nested.

## Examples

{% hint style="info" %}
&#x20;Example of how to use the \<Pause> verb:
{% endhint %}

```markup
<Response>
    <Pause length="5"/>
</Response>
```

{% hint style="info" %}
**Delayed pickup**

&#x20;This example demonstrates using `<Pause>` to wait between two `<Say>` verbs.
{% endhint %}

```markup
<Response>
    <Say>I will pause 10 seconds starting now!</Say>
    <Pause length="10"/>
    <Say>I just paused 10 seconds</Say>
</Response>
```


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