The speak()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface adds an utterance
to the utterance queue; it will be spoken when any other utterances queued before it have been spoken.
The speak()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface adds an utterance
to the utterance queue; it will be spoken when any other utterances queued before it have been spoken.
js
speak(utterance)
utterance
A SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object.
None (undefined
).
This snippet is excerpted from our Speech synthesizer demo (see it live). When a form containing the text we want to speak is submitted, we (amongst other things) create a new utterance containing this text, then speak it by passing it into speak()
as a parameter.
js
const synth = window.speechSynthesis; // ... inputForm.onsubmit = (event) => { event.preventDefault(); const utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(inputTxt.value); const selectedOption = voiceSelect.selectedOptions[0].getAttribute("data-name"); for (let i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) { if (voices[i].name === selectedOption) { utterThis.voice = voices[i]; } } synth.speak(utterThis); inputTxt.blur(); };
Specification |
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Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-speak |
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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 | |
speak |
33 | 14 | 49 | No | 21 | 7 | No | 33 | 62 | No | 7 | 3.0 |
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