SpeechSynthesisUtterance: resume event

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

The resume event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance object is fired when a paused utterance is resumed.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface SpeechSynthesisEvent
Event handler property onresume

Examples

You can use the resume event in an addEventListener method:

utterThis.addEventListener('resume', function(event) {
  console.log('Speech resumed after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' seconds.');
});

Or use the onresume event handler property:

utterThis.onresume = function(event) {
  console.log('Speech resumed 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
resume_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/resume_event