The utterance read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the SpeechSynthesisUtterance instance that the event was triggered on.
SpeechSynthesisEvent.utterance
Value
A SpeechSynthesisUtterance object.
Examples
utterThis.onpause = function(event) { var char = event.utterance.text.charAt(event.charIndex); console.log('Speech paused at character ' + event.charIndex + ' of "' + event.utterance.text + '", which is "' + char + '".'); }
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisevent-utterance |
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 | |
utterance |
33
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14
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49
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No
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21
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7
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No
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33
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62
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No
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7
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3.0
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See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisEvent/utterance
