The lang read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisVoice interface returns a BCP 47 language tag indicating the language of the voice.
SpeechSynthesisVoice.lang
Value
A DOMString representing the language of the device.
Examples
for(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); voiceSelect.appendChild(option); }
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisvoice-lang |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
lang |
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/SpeechSynthesisVoice/lang
