Interface SpeechSynthesisVoice

The SpeechSynthesisVoice interface of the Web Speech API represents a voice that the system supports.

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interface SpeechSynthesisVoice {
    default: boolean;
    lang: string;
    localService: boolean;
    name: string;
    voiceURI: string;
}
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default lang localService name voiceURI

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default: boolean

The default read-only property of the indicating whether the voice is the default voice for the current app (true), or not (false.) A boolean value.

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lang: string

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

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localService: boolean

The localService read-only property of the indicating whether the voice is supplied by a local speech synthesizer service (true), or a remote speech synthesizer service (false.) This property is provided to allow differentiation in the case that some voice options are provided by a remote service; it is possible that remote voices might have extra latency, bandwidth or cost associated with them, so such distinction may be useful.

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name: string

The name read-only property of the represents the voice.

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voiceURI: string

The voiceURI read-only property of the the speech synthesis service for this voice.

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