SpeechSynthesisVoice.lang

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

The lang read-only property of the SpeechSynthesisVoice interface returns a BCP 47 language tag indicating the language of the voice.

Syntax

var myLang = speechSynthesisVoiceInstance.lang;

Value

A DOMString representing the language of the device.

Examples

for(i = 0; i < voices.length ; i++) {
  var option = document.createElement('option');
  option.textContent = voices[i].name + ' (' + voices[i].lang + ')';

  if(voices[i].default) {
    option.textContent += ' -- DEFAULT';
  }

  option.setAttribute('data-lang', voices[i].lang);
  option.setAttribute('data-name', voices[i].name);
  voiceSelect.appendChild(option);
}

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
lang
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/SpeechSynthesisVoice/lang