SpeechSynthesisEvent.elapsedTime

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

The elapsedTime read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface returns the elapsed time in seconds after the SpeechSynthesisUtterance.text started being spoken that the event was triggered at.

Syntax

event.elapsedTime;

Value

A float.

Examples

utterThis.onboundary = function(event) {
  console.log(event.name + ' boundary reached after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' seconds.');
}

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
elapsedTime
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/SpeechSynthesisEvent/elapsedTime