SpeechSynthesis: cancel() method - Web APIs | MDN

Syntax

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js

const synth = window.speechSynthesis;

const utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(
  "How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.",
);
const utterance2 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(
  "We should say another sentence too, just to be on the safe side.",
);

synth.speak(utterance1);
synth.speak(utterance2);

synth.cancel(); // utterance1 stops being spoken immediately, and both are removed from the queue

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API
# dom-speechsynthesis-cancel

Browser compatibility

See also

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