This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
constructor of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface returns a new SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object instance.
var utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
DOMString
containing the text that will be synthesised when the utterance is spoken..The following snippet is excerpted from our Speech synthesiser demo.
var synth = window.speechSynthesis; var inputForm = document.querySelector('form'); var inputTxt = document.querySelector('input'); var voiceSelect = document.querySelector('select'); var voices = synth.getVoices(); ... inputForm.onsubmit = function(event) { event.preventDefault(); var utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(inputTxt.value); var selectedOption = voiceSelect.selectedOptions[0].getAttribute('data-name'); for(i = 0; i < voices.length ; i++) { if(voices[i].name === selectedOption) { utterThis.voice = voices[i]; } } synth.speak(utterThis); inputTxt.blur(); }
Specification | Status | Comment |
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Web Speech API The definition of 'SpeechSynthesisUtterance()' in that specification. | Draft |
Desktop | ||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
Basic support | 33 | Yes | 49 | No | 21 | 7 |
Mobile | |||||||
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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
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No | 7.1 | ? |
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