The SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
constructor of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface returns a new SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object instance.
SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
Syntax
new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
Parameters
-
text
-
A
DOMString
containing the text that will be synthesized when the utterance is spoken.
Examples
The following snippet is excerpted from our Speech synthesizer 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(); }
Specifications
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 | |
SpeechSynthesisUtterance |
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/SpeechSynthesisUtterance/SpeechSynthesisUtterance