HTML DOM Window speechSynthesis property

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2020

The speechSynthesis property returns a SpeechSynthesis object, which is the entry point into using Web Speech API speech synthesis functionality and can be further used.

Syntax:

var speech = window.speechSynthesis;

Return Value: A SpeechSynthesis Object.

Example: This example shows how to get the SpeechSynthesis Object using this object.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>  
<html>   
<head> 
    <meta charset="UTF-8"> 
    <title>window speechSynthesis property</title> 
</head>    
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
    <h1 style="color:green;">   
     GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1>  
    <p>  
    HTML | window speechSynthesis property 
    </p> 
  
    <button onclick = "Geeks()"> 
    Click Here 
    </button> 
    <p id="a"></p> 
    <script>  
        var a = document.getElementById("a"); 
        function Geeks(){ 
            a.innerHTML += "paused : " + 
 window.speechSynthesis.paused + `<br>`; 
            a.innerHTML += "pending : " + 
 window.speechSynthesis.pending + `<br>`; 
            a.innerHTML += "paused : " + 
 window.speechSynthesis.speaking + `<br>`; 
            console.log(window.speechSynthesis) 
} 
  </script>  
</body>    
</html> 