This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The name read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the name associated with certain types of events occuring as the SpeechSynthesisUtterance.text is being spoken: the name of the SSML marker reached in the case of a mark event, or the type of boundary reached in the case of a boundary event.
Syntax
event.name;
Value
A DOMString.
Examples
utterThis.onboundary = function(event) {
console.log(event.name + ' boundary reached after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' milliseconds.');
}
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Speech API The definition of 'name' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
| Basic support | Chrome Full support 33 | Edge Full support Yes | Firefox Full support 49 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 21 | Safari Full support 7 | WebView Android Full support 4.4.3 | Chrome Android Full support 33 | Edge Mobile Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
62
| Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS Full support 7.1 | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.