The getVoices()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface returns a list of SpeechSynthesisVoice
objects representing all the available voices on the current device.
SpeechSynthesis.getVoices()
Syntax
getVoices()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A list (array) of SpeechSynthesisVoice
objects.
Examples
JavaScript
function populateVoiceList() { if(typeof speechSynthesis === 'undefined') { return; } var voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices(); for(var i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) { var option = document.createElement('option'); option.textContent = voices[i].name + ' (' + voices[i].lang + ')'; if(voices[i].default) { option.textContent += ' -- DEFAULT'; } option.setAttribute('data-lang', voices[i].lang); option.setAttribute('data-name', voices[i].name); document.getElementById("voiceSelect").appendChild(option); } } populateVoiceList(); if (typeof speechSynthesis !== 'undefined' && speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged !== undefined) { speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = populateVoiceList; }
HTML
<select id="voiceSelect"></select>
Specifications
Specification |
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Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-getvoices |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
getVoices |
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/SpeechSynthesis/getVoices