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
We're converting our compatibility data into a machine-readable JSON format.
This compatibility table still uses the old format,
because we haven't yet converted the data it contains.
Find out how you can help!
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 33 | (Yes) | 44 (44) [1] | No support | No support | No support |
Feature | Android | Chrome | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | (Yes) | (Yes) | ? | 2.5 | No support | No support | No support |
- [1] Can be enabled via the
media.webspeech.synth.enabled
flag in about:config.