This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The mark
event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance
object is fired when the spoken utterance reaches a named SSML "mark" tag.
Bubbles | No |
Cancelable | No |
Target objects | SpeechSynthesisUtterance |
Interface | SpeechSynthesisEvent |
Examples
utterThis.onmark = function(event) { console.log('A mark was reached: ' + event.name); }
Inheritance
The mark
event implements the SpeechSynthesisEvent
interface, which inherits from Event
. It therefore has available the properties and methods defined on both these interfaces.
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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.