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

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
mark_event
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/SpeechSynthesisUtterance/mark_event