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SpeechSynthesis: pause() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨September 2018⁩.

The pause() method of the SpeechSynthesis interface puts the SpeechSynthesis object into a paused state.

Syntax

pause()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

const synth = window.speechSynthesis;

const utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(
  "How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.",
);
const utterance2 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(
  "We should say another sentence too, just to be on the safe side.",
);

synth.speak(utterance1);
synth.speak(utterance2);

synth.pause(); // pauses utterances being spoken

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API> # dom-speechsynthesis-pause>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`pause`	33	14	49	21	7	33 In Android, `pause()` ends the current utterance. `pause()` behaves the same as `cancel()`.	62 In Android, `pause()` ends the current utterance. `pause()` behaves the same as `cancel()`.	No	7	3.0 In Android, `pause()` ends the current utterance. `pause()` behaves the same as `cancel()`.	No	7