SpeechSynthesisUtterance: resume event

Experimental

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The resume event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance object is fired when a paused utterance is resumed.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface SpeechSynthesisEvent
Event handler property onresume

Examples

You can use the resume event in an addEventListener method:

utterThis.addEventListener('resume', function(event) {
  console.log('Speech resumed after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' milliseconds.');
});

Or use the onresume event handler property:

utterThis.onresume = function(event) {
  console.log('Speech resumed after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' milliseconds.');
}

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Speech API
The definition of 'speech synthesis utterance events' in that specification.		 Draft

Browser compatibility

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See also