The name read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the name associated with certain types of events occurring as the SpeechSynthesisUtterance.text is being spoken: the name of the SSML marker reached in the case of a mark event, or the type of boundary reached in the case of a boundary event.
A string.
js
utterThis.onboundary = (event) => { console.log( `${event.name} boundary reached after ${event.elapsedTime} seconds.`, ); };
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