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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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
resume event | Chrome Full support 33 | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support 49 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 21 | Safari Full support 7 | WebView Android No support No | 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.