The SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
constructor of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface returns a new SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object instance.
The SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
constructor of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface returns a new SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object instance.
js
new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text)
text
A string containing the text that will be synthesized when the utterance is spoken.
The following snippet is excerpted from our Speech synthesizer demo.
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const synth = window.speechSynthesis; const inputForm = document.querySelector("form"); const inputTxt = document.querySelector("input"); const voiceSelect = document.querySelector("select"); const voices = synth.getVoices(); // ... 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(); };
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisUtterance/SpeechSynthesisUtterance