SpeechSynthesis.cancel()

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

The cancel() method of the SpeechSynthesis interface removes all utterances from the utterance queue.

If an utterance is currently being spoken, speaking will stop immediately.

Syntax

speechSynthesisInstance.cancel();

Returns

Void.

Parameters

None.

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);

synth.cancel(); // utterance1 stops being spoken immediately, and both are removed from the queue

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
cancel
33
14
49
No
21
7
No
33
62
No
7
3.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/cancel