This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The utterance read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the SpeechSynthesisUtterance instance that the event was triggered on.
Syntax
event.utterance;
Value
A SpeechSynthesisUtterance object.
Examples
utterThis.onpause = function(event) {
var char = event.utterance.text.charAt(event.charIndex);
console.log('Speech paused at character ' + event.charIndex + ' of "' +
event.utterance.text + '", which is "' + char + '".');
}
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Speech API The definition of 'utterance' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.