The pause()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface puts the SpeechSynthesis
object into a paused state.
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SpeechSynthesis: pause() method
Syntax
js
pause()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
js
const synth = window.speechSynthesis;
const utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(
"How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.",
);
const utterance2 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(
"We should say another sentence too, just to be on the safe side.",
);
synth.speak(utterance1);
synth.speak(utterance2);
synth.pause(); // pauses utterances being spoken
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-pause |
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 | |
pause |
33 | 14 | 49 | No | 21 | 7 | No |
33In Android,pause() ends the current utterance. pause() behaves the same as cancel() .
|
62In Android,pause() ends the current utterance. pause() behaves the same as cancel() .
|
No | 7 |
3.0In Android,pause() ends the current utterance. pause() behaves the same as cancel() .
|
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/pause