SpeechSynthesisUtterance: SpeechSynthesisUtterance() constructor
The SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
constructor of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface returns a new SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object instance.
Syntax
js
new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text)
Parameters
text
-
A string containing the text that will be synthesized when the utterance is spoken.
Examples
The following snippet is excerpted from our Speech synthesizer demo.
js
const synth = window.speechSynthesis;
const inputForm = document.querySelector("form");
const inputTxt = document.querySelector("input");
const voiceSelect = document.querySelector("select");
const voices = synth.getVoices();
// ...
inputForm.onsubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
const utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(inputTxt.value);
const selectedOption =
voiceSelect.selectedOptions[0].getAttribute("data-name");
for (let i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) {
if (voices[i].name === selectedOption) {
utterThis.voice = voices[i];
}
}
synth.speak(utterThis);
inputTxt.blur();
};
Specifications
Specification |
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Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisutterance-speechsynthesisutterance |
Browser compatibility
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