The pause()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface puts the SpeechSynthesis
object into a paused state.
The pause()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface puts the SpeechSynthesis
object into a paused state.
js
pause()
None.
None (undefined
).
js
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
Specification |
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Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-pause |
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
pause |
33 | 14 | 49 | No | 21 | 7 | No | 33In Android,pause() ends the current utterance. pause() behaves the same as cancel() . |
62In Android,pause() ends the current utterance. pause() behaves the same as cancel() . |
No | 7 | 3.0In Android,pause() ends the current utterance. pause() behaves the same as cancel() . |
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