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Speech Synthesis API

A web API for controlling a text-to-speech output.

Spec	https://w3c.github.io/speech-api/speechapi.html#tts-section
Status	Unofficial / Note

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
		147	144 ⁽²⁾
		146	143 ⁽²⁾	TP
		145	142 ⁽²⁾	26.1
11	141 ⁽²⁾	144	141 ⁽²⁾	26.0	122 ⁽²⁾
10	140 ⁽²⁾	143	140 ⁽²⁾	18.5-18.6	121 ⁽²⁾
9	139 ⁽²⁾	142	139 ⁽²⁾	18.4	120 ⁽²⁾
8	138 ⁽²⁾	141	138 ⁽²⁾	18.3	119 ⁽²⁾
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7	137 ⁽²⁾	140	137 ⁽²⁾	18.2	118 ⁽²⁾
6	136 ⁽²⁾	139	136 ⁽²⁾	18.1	117 ⁽²⁾
5.5	135 ⁽²⁾	138	135 ⁽²⁾	18.0	116 ⁽²⁾
	134 ⁽²⁾	137	134 ⁽²⁾	17.6	115 ⁽²⁾
	133 ⁽²⁾	136	133 ⁽²⁾	17.5	114 ⁽²⁾
	132 ⁽²⁾	135	132 ⁽²⁾	17.4	113 ⁽²⁾
	131 ⁽²⁾	134	131 ⁽²⁾	17.3	112 ⁽²⁾
	130 ⁽²⁾	133	130 ⁽²⁾	17.2	111 ⁽²⁾
	129 ⁽²⁾	132	129 ⁽²⁾	17.1	110 ⁽²⁾
	128 ⁽²⁾	131	128 ⁽²⁾	17.0	109 ⁽²⁾
	127 ⁽²⁾	130	127 ⁽²⁾	16.6	108 ⁽²⁾
	126 ⁽²⁾	129	126 ⁽²⁾	16.5	107 ⁽²⁾
	125 ⁽²⁾	128	125 ⁽²⁾	16.4	106 ⁽²⁾
	124 ⁽²⁾	127	124 ⁽²⁾	16.3	105 ⁽²⁾
	123 ⁽²⁾	126	123 ⁽²⁾	16.2	104 ⁽²⁾
	122 ⁽²⁾	125	122 ⁽²⁾	16.1	103 ⁽²⁾
	121 ⁽²⁾	124	121 ⁽²⁾	16.0	102 ⁽²⁾
	120 ⁽²⁾	123	120 ⁽²⁾	15.6	101 ⁽²⁾
	119 ⁽²⁾	122	119 ⁽²⁾	15.5	100 ⁽²⁾
	118 ⁽²⁾	121	118 ⁽²⁾	15.4	99 ⁽²⁾
	117 ⁽²⁾	120	117 ⁽²⁾	15.2-15.3	98 ⁽²⁾
	116 ⁽²⁾	119	116 ⁽²⁾	15.1	97 ⁽²⁾
	115 ⁽²⁾	118	115 ⁽²⁾	15	96 ⁽²⁾
	114 ⁽²⁾	117	114 ⁽²⁾	14.1	95 ⁽²⁾
	113 ⁽²⁾	116	113 ⁽²⁾	14	94 ⁽²⁾
	112 ⁽²⁾	115	112 ⁽²⁾	13.1	93 ⁽²⁾
	111 ⁽²⁾	114	111 ⁽²⁾	13	92 ⁽²⁾
	110 ⁽²⁾	113	110 ⁽²⁾	12.1	91 ⁽²⁾
	109 ⁽²⁾	112	109 ⁽²⁾	12	90 ⁽²⁾
	108 ⁽²⁾	111	108 ⁽²⁾	11.1	89 ⁽²⁾
	107 ⁽²⁾	110	107 ⁽²⁾	11	88 ⁽²⁾
	106 ⁽²⁾	109	106 ⁽²⁾	10.1	87 ⁽²⁾
	105 ⁽²⁾	108	105 ⁽²⁾	10	86 ⁽²⁾
	104 ⁽²⁾	107	104 ⁽²⁾	9.1	85 ⁽²⁾
	103 ⁽²⁾	106	103 ⁽²⁾	9	84 ⁽²⁾
	102 ⁽²⁾	105	102 ⁽²⁾	8	83 ⁽²⁾
	101 ⁽²⁾	104	101 ⁽²⁾	7.1	82 ⁽²⁾
	100 ⁽²⁾	103	100 ⁽²⁾	7	81 ⁽²⁾
	99 ⁽²⁾	102	99 ⁽²⁾	6.1	80 ⁽²⁾
	98 ⁽²⁾	101	98 ⁽²⁾	6	79 ⁽²⁾
	97 ⁽²⁾	100	97 ⁽²⁾	5.1	78 ⁽²⁾
	96 ⁽²⁾	99	96 ⁽²⁾	5	77 ⁽²⁾
	95 ⁽²⁾	98	95 ⁽²⁾	4	76 ⁽²⁾
	94 ⁽²⁾	97	94 ⁽²⁾	3.2	75 ⁽²⁾
	93 ⁽²⁾	96	93 ⁽²⁾	3.1	74 ⁽²⁾
	92 ⁽²⁾	95	92 ⁽²⁾		73 ⁽²⁾
	91 ⁽²⁾	94	91 ⁽²⁾		72 ⁽²⁾
	90 ⁽²⁾	93	90 ⁽²⁾		71 ⁽²⁾
	89 ⁽²⁾	92	89 ⁽²⁾		70 ⁽²⁾
	88 ⁽²⁾	91	88 ⁽²⁾		69 ⁽²⁾
	87 ⁽²⁾	90	87 ⁽²⁾		68 ⁽²⁾
	86 ⁽²⁾	89	86 ⁽²⁾		67 ⁽²⁾
	85 ⁽²⁾	88	85 ⁽²⁾		66 ⁽²⁾
	84 ⁽²⁾	87	84 ⁽²⁾		65 ⁽²⁾
	83 ⁽²⁾	86	83 ⁽²⁾		64 ⁽²⁾
	81 ⁽²⁾	85	81 ⁽²⁾		63
	80 ⁽²⁾	84	80 ⁽²⁾		62
	79 ⁽²⁾	83	79 ⁽²⁾		60
	18	82	78 ⁽²⁾		58
	17	81	77 ⁽²⁾		57
	16	80	76 ⁽²⁾		56
	15	79	75 ⁽²⁾		55
	14	78	74 ⁽²⁾		54
	13	77	73 ⁽²⁾		53
	12	76	72 ⁽²⁾		52
		75	71 ⁽²⁾		51
		74	70 ⁽²⁾		50
		73	69 ⁽²⁾		49
		72	68 ⁽²⁾		48
		71	67 ⁽²⁾		47
		70	66 ⁽²⁾		46
		69	65 ⁽²⁾		45
		68	64 ⁽²⁾		44
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		53	49		29
		52	48		28
		51	47		27
		50	46		26
		49	45		25
		48 ⁽¹⁾	44		24
		47 ⁽¹⁾	43		23
		46 ⁽¹⁾	42		22
		45 ⁽¹⁾	41		21
		44 ⁽¹⁾	40		20
		43 ⁽¹⁾	39		19
		42 ⁽¹⁾	38		18
		41 ⁽¹⁾	37		17
		40 ⁽¹⁾	36		16
		39 ⁽¹⁾	35		15
		38 ⁽¹⁾	34		12.1
		37 ⁽¹⁾	33		12
		36 ⁽¹⁾	32		11.6
		35 ⁽¹⁾	31		11.5
		34 ⁽¹⁾	30		11.1
		33 ⁽¹⁾	29		11
		32 ⁽¹⁾	28		10.6
		31 ⁽¹⁾	27		10.5
		30	26		10.0-10.1
		29	25		9.5-9.6
		28	24		9
		27	23
		26	22
		25	21
		24	20
		23	19
		22	18
		21	17
		20	16
		19	15
		18	14
		17	13
		16	12
		15	11
		14	10
		13	9
		12	8
		11	7
		10	6
		9	5
		8	4
		7
		6
		5
		4
		3.6
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
26.1
26.0	all	141	10	80	141	143	11	15.5	28	14.9	13.52	3.0-3.1
18.5-18.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		27			2.5
18.4		4.4		12					26
18.3		4.2-4.3		11.5					25
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18.2		4.1		11.1					24
18.1		4		11					23
18.0		3		10					22
17.6-17.7		2.3							21
17.5		2.2							20
17.4		2.1							19.0
17.3									18.0
17.2									17.0
17.1									16.0
17.0									15.0
16.6-16.7									14.0
16.5									13.0
16.4									12.0
16.3									11.1-11.2
16.2									10.1
16.1									9.2
16.0									8.2
15.6-15.8									7.2-7.4
15.5									6.2-6.4
15.4									5.0-5.4
15.2-15.3									4
15.0-15.1
14.5-14.8
14.0-14.4
13.4-13.7
13.3
13.2
13.0-13.1
12.2-12.5
12.0-12.1
11.3-11.4
11.0-11.2
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Samsung Internet for GearVR: In Development, release based on Chromium m53 due Q1/2017

Can be enabled in Firefox using the media.webspeech.synth.enabled about:config flag.
Speech Synthesis in Chrome since version 55 stops playback after about 15 seconds on Windows 7 & 10, and Ubuntu 14.04, possibly other platforms

Bugs

Chrome issue 679437: Speech Synthesis stops abruptly after about 15 seconds

Resources

Data by caniuse.com
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
https://caniuse.com/speech-synthesis