Speech Synthesis

//voices are loaded async
window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < window.speechSynthesis.getVoices().length; i++ ) {
        //only non English voices should be added
        var voice = window.speechSynthesis.getVoices()[i];
        if (!voice.lang.startsWith('en')) {
            //create option tag
            var name = voice.name + " (" + voice.lang + ")";
            $('.languageSpoken').append($('<option>', {value: i, text: name}));
        }
    }
    //select french to start
    if (speaking === undefined) {
        selectVoice(6);
        $('.languageSpoken').val(6);
    }
};

//speak it back to me
var talkToMe = function(text) {
    recording = false;
    recognition.stop();
    //translate from source to target
    google.language.translate(
        {text : text, type : google.language.ContentType.TEXT},
        languageInput.translateCode,
        //grab just the language from the code.
        speaking.lang.split('-')[0],
        function(result) {
            var msg = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance();
            msg.voice = speaking;
            msg.text = result.translation;
            window.speechSynthesis.speak(msg);
            $('.translation').text(result.translation);
        }
    )
};