SpeechSynthesis: resume() 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 resume() method of the SpeechSynthesis interface puts the SpeechSynthesis object into a non-paused state: resumes it if it was already paused.

Syntax

js
resume() 

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js
let synth = window.speechSynthesis; let utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance( "How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.", ); let 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 synth.resume(); // resumes speaking 

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API
# dom-speechsynthesis-resume

Browser compatibility

See also