SpeechSynthesis: getVoices() method
The getVoices()
method of the
SpeechSynthesis
interface returns a list of
SpeechSynthesisVoice
objects representing all the available voices on the
current device.
Syntax
js
getVoices()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A list (array) of SpeechSynthesisVoice
objects.
Examples
JavaScript
js
function populateVoiceList() {
if (typeof speechSynthesis === "undefined") {
return;
}
const voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices();
for (let i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) {
const option = document.createElement("option");
option.textContent = `${voices[i].name} (${voices[i].lang})`;
if (voices[i].default) {
option.textContent += " — DEFAULT";
}
option.setAttribute("data-lang", voices[i].lang);
option.setAttribute("data-name", voices[i].name);
document.getElementById("voiceSelect").appendChild(option);
}
}
populateVoiceList();
if (
typeof speechSynthesis !== "undefined" &&
speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged !== undefined
) {
speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = populateVoiceList;
}
HTML
html
<select id="voiceSelect"></select>
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-getvoices |
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