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    SpeechSynthesisUtterance.voice

    This is an experimental technology
    Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.

    The voice property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface gets and sets the voice that will be used to speak the utterance.

    This should be set to one of the SpeechSynthesisVoice objects returned by SpeechSynthesis.getVoices(). If not set by the time the utterance is spoken, the voice used will be the most suitable default voice available for the utterance's lang setting.

    Syntax

    var myVoice = speechSynthesisUtteranceInstance.voice;
speechSynthesisUtteranceInstance.voice = speechSynthesisVoiceInstance;

    Value

    A SpeechSynthesisVoice object.

    Examples

    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 'voice' in that specification.    		 Draft  

    Browser compatibility

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
    Basic support 33 49 (49) No support ? 7
    Feature Android Chrome Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
    Basic support (Yes) (Yes) No support 2.0 No support No support 7.1

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