SpeechSynthesisUtterance: mark event

Experimental

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The mark event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance object is fired when the spoken utterance reaches a named SSML "mark" tag.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface SpeechSynthesisEvent
Event handler property onmark

Examples

You can use the mark event in an addEventListener method:

utterThis.addEventListener('mark', function(event) {
  console.log('A mark was reached: ' + event.name);
});

Or use the onmark event handler property:

utterThis.onmark = function(event) {
  console.log('A mark was reached: ' + event.name);
}

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Speech API
The definition of 'speech synthesis utterance events' in that specification.		 Draft

Browser compatibility

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See also