SpeechSynthesisUtterance.text
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 text
property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance
interface gets and sets the text that will be synthesised when the utterance is spoken.
The text may be provided as plain text, or a well-formed SSML document. The SSML tags will be stripped away by devices that don't support SSML.
Syntax
var myText = speechSynthesisUtteranceInstance.text; speechSynthesisUtteranceInstance.text = 'Hello I am speaking';
Value
A DOMString
represenitng the text to the synthesised. The maximum length of the text that can be spoken in each utterance is 32,767 characters.
Examples
<code class="language-js">var synth = window.speechSynthesis; var inputForm = document.querySelector('form'); var inputTxt = document.querySelector('input'); var voiceSelect = document.querySelector('select'); var voices = synth.getVoices();</code> ... 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]; } } console.log(utterThis.text); synth.speak(utterThis); inputTxt.blur(); }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Speech API The definition of 'text' 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 |
See also
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/speechsynthesisutterance/text