Experimental
This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
constructor of the
SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface returns a new
SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object instance.
Syntax
var utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
Parameters
- text
- A
DOMString
containing the text that will be synthesized when the utterance is spoken..
Examples
The following snippet is excerpted from our Speech synthesizer demo.
var synth = window.speechSynthesis;
var inputForm = document.querySelector('form');
var inputTxt = document.querySelector('input');
var voiceSelect = document.querySelector('select');
var voices = synth.getVoices();
...
inputForm.onsubmit = function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var utterThis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(inputTxt.value);
var selectedOption = voiceSelect.selectedOptions[0].getAttribute('data-name');
for(i = 0; i < voices.length ; i++) {
if(voices[i].name === selectedOption) {
utterThis.voice = voices[i];
}
}
synth.speak(utterThis);
inputTxt.blur();
}
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Speech API The definition of 'SpeechSynthesisUtterance()' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser