SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent
The SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent
interface of the Web Speech API contains information about any errors that occur while processing SpeechSynthesisUtterance
objects in the speech service.
Instance properties
SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent
extends the SpeechSynthesisEvent
interface, which inherits properties from its parent interface, Event
.
SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent.error
Read only-
Returns an error code indicating what has gone wrong with a speech synthesis attempt.
Instance methods
SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent
extends the SpeechSynthesisEvent
interface, which inherits methods from its parent interface, Event
.
Examples
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);
utterThis.onerror = (event) => {
console.log(`An error has occurred with the speech synthesis: ${event.error}`);
}
inputTxt.blur();
}
Specifications
Specification |
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Web Speech API # speechsynthesiserrorevent |
Browser compatibility
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