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Summarizer: outputLanguage property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The outputLanguage read-only property of the Summarizer interface returns the language the summary should be generated in.

Value

A string specifying the language the summary should be generated in.

The string should be a valid BCP 47 language tag (as specified in RFC 5646).

Examples

const summarizer = await Summarizer.create({
  outputLanguage: "en-US",
  // ...
});

// Logs "en-US"
console.log(summarizer.outputLanguage);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
outputLanguage
138Availability may be subject to geographical restrictions.
138 No
122Availability may be subject to geographical restrictions.
No No No No No No No No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Summarizer/outputLanguage