SpeechSynthesisUtterance: pause event
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2018.
The pause event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance object is fired when the utterance is paused part way through.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("pause", (event) => { })
onpause = (event) => { }
Event type
A SpeechSynthesisEvent. Inherits from Event.
Examples
You can use the pause event in an addEventListener method:
js
utterThis.addEventListener("pause", (event) => {
console.log(`Speech paused after ${event.elapsedTime} seconds.`);
});
Or use the onpause event handler property:
js
utterThis.onpause = (event) => {
console.log(`Speech paused after ${event.elapsedTime} seconds.`);
};
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Web Speech API # eventdef-speechsynthesisutterance-pause |
| Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisutterance-onpause |