SpeechSynthesis: voiceschanged event

The voiceschanged event of the Web Speech API is fired when the list of SpeechSynthesisVoice objects that would be returned by the SpeechSynthesis.getVoices() method has changed (when the voiceschanged event fires.)

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("voiceschanged", (event) => {});

onvoiceschanged = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event with no added properties.

Examples

This could be used to repopulate a list of voices that the user can choose between when the event fires. You can use the voiceschanged event in an addEventListener method:

js
const synth = window.speechSynthesis;

synth.addEventListener("voiceschanged", () => {
  const voices = synth.getVoices();
  for (let i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) {
    const option = document.createElement("option");
    option.textContent = `${voices[i].name} (${voices[i].lang})`;
    option.setAttribute("data-lang", voices[i].lang);
    option.setAttribute("data-name", voices[i].name);
    voiceSelect.appendChild(option);
  }
});

Or use the onvoiceschanged event handler property:

js
const synth = window.speechSynthesis;
synth.onvoiceschanged = () => {
  const voices = synth.getVoices();
  for (let i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) {
    const option = document.createElement("option");
    option.textContent = `${voices[i].name} (${voices[i].lang})`;
    option.setAttribute("data-lang", voices[i].lang);
    option.setAttribute("data-name", voices[i].name);
    voiceSelect.appendChild(option);
  }
};

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API
# eventdef-speechsynthesis-voiceschanged
Web Speech API
# dom-speechsynthesis-onvoiceschanged

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voiceschanged event

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