SpeechSynthesis.pending
Experimental
This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The pending
read-only property of the
SpeechSynthesis
interface is a Boolean
that returns
true
if the utterance queue contains as-yet-unspoken utterances.
Syntax
var amIPending = speechSynthesisInstance.pending;
Value
A Boolean
.
Examples
var synth = window.speechSynthesis;
var utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance('How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.');
var utterance2 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance('We should say another sentence too, just to be on the safe side.');
synth.speak(utterance1);
synth.speak(utterance2);
var amIPending = synth.pending; // will return true if utterance 1 is still being spoken and utterance 2 is in the queue
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Speech API The definition of 'pending' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
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