SpeechSynthesisEvent: charIndex property
The charIndex read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the index position of the character in SpeechSynthesisUtterance.text that was being spoken when the event was triggered.
Value
A number.
Examples
js
utterThis.onpause = (event) => {
const char = event.utterance.text.charAt(event.charIndex);
console.log(
`Speech paused at character ${event.charIndex} of "${event.utterance.text}", which is "${char}".`
);
};
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisevent-charindex |
Browser compatibility
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