This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The getVoices()
method of the SpeechSynthesis
interface returns a list of SpeechSynthesisVoice
objects representing all the available voices on the current device.
Syntax
speechSynthesisInstance.getVoices();
Parameters
None.
Return value
A list (array) of SpeechSynthesisVoice
objects.
Note: The spec wrongly lists this method as returning as a SpeechSynthesisVoiceList
object, but this was in fact removed from the spec.
Example
JavaScript
function populateVoiceList() {
if(typeof speechSynthesis === 'undefined') {
return;
}
var voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices();
for(var i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) {
var 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
<select id="voiceSelect"></select>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
Web Speech APIThe definition of 'getVoices()' in that specification. | Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome
Full support 33 |
Edge
Full support 14 |
Firefox
Full support 49 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
Full support 21 |
Safari
Full support 7 |
WebView Android
Full support 4.4.3 |
Chrome Android
Full support 33 |
Firefox Android Full support 62 Full support 62 No support 61 — 62 Disabled' From version 61 until version 62 (exclusive): this feature is behind the |
Opera Android
No support No |
Safari iOS
Full support 7 |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 3.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.'
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
See also
SpeechSynthesis.getVoices() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.