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SpeechSynthesis.paused

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The paused read-only property of the SpeechSynthesis interface is a Boolean that returns true if the SpeechSynthesis object is in a paused state, or false if not.

It can be set to paused even if nothing is currently being spoken through it. If utterances are then added to the utterance queue, they will not be spoken until the SpeechSynthesis object is unpaused, using SpeechSynthesis.resume().

Syntax

var amIPaused = speechSynthesisInstance.paused;

Value

A Boolean.

Examples

var synth = window.speechSynthesis;

synth.pause();

var amIPaused = synth.paused; // will return true

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Web Speech API The definition of 'paused' in that specification.	Draft

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	33	Yes	49	No	21	7

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	4.4.3	33	Yes	62 62 61 — 62 Disabled Disabled From version 61 until version 62 (exclusive): this feature is behind the `media.webspeech.synth.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	No	7.1	?

SpeechSynthesis.paused

Syntax

Value

Examples

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

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