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SpeechSynthesisEvent: utterance property

The utterance read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the SpeechSynthesisUtterance instance that the event was triggered on.

Value

Examples

js

utterThis.onpause = (event) => {
  const char = event.utterance.text.charAt(event.charIndex);
  console.log(
    `Speech paused at character ${event.charIndex} of "${event.utterance.text}", which is "${char}".`,
  );
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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utterance 33 14 49 No 21 7 No 33 62 No 7 3.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisEvent/utterance