SpeechSynthesis: pause() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2018.
The pause() method of the SpeechSynthesis interface puts the SpeechSynthesis object into a paused state.
Syntax
js
pause() Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
js
const synth = window.speechSynthesis; const utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance( "How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.", ); const utterance2 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance( "We should say another sentence too, just to be on the safe side.", ); synth.speak(utterance1); synth.speak(utterance2); synth.pause(); // pauses utterances being spoken Specifications
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| Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-pause |