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Demo of the Speech Synthesis API
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html lang="en"> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
<title>Speech Synthesis Test</title> | |
<style> | |
* { box-sizing: border-box; } | |
body { font-family: sans-serif; } | |
#left, #right { width: 50%; padding: 1em; } | |
#left { float: left; } | |
#right { float: right; } | |
a:link, a:visited { color: blue; } | |
a:target { color: red !important; } | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<h1>Speech Synthesis Test</h1> | |
<div id="left"><ul id="voiceList"></ul></div> | |
<div id="right"> | |
<textarea id="text" rows="5" cols="50">Hello, World!</textarea> | |
<br> | |
<button id="speak">Speak</button> | |
<button id="slower">Slower</button> | |
<button id="faster">Faster</button> | |
<button id="lower">Lower</button> | |
<button id="higher">Higher</button> | |
<button id="louder">Louder</button> | |
<button id="quieter">Quieter</button> | |
</div> | |
<script> | |
var utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(), | |
speak = document.getElementById("speak"), | |
slower = document.getElementById("slower"), | |
faster = document.getElementById("faster"), | |
lower = document.getElementById("lower"), | |
higher = document.getElementById("higher"), | |
quieter = document.getElementById("quieter"), | |
louder = document.getElementById("louder"), | |
text = document.getElementById("text"); | |
// Delay links and events because speechSynthesis is funny | |
speechSynthesis.getVoices(); | |
setTimeout(function () { | |
// Output voice list | |
var voiceList = document.getElementById("voiceList"); | |
speechSynthesis.getVoices().forEach(function(voice, index) { | |
voiceList.innerHTML += '<li><a href="#" class="voice" data-voice="' + index + '">' + voice.name + '</a></li>'; | |
}); | |
// Add event listeners | |
var voiceLinks = document.querySelectorAll(".voice"); | |
for (var i = 0; i < voiceLinks.length; i++) { | |
voiceLinks[i].addEventListener("click", function (event) { | |
utterance.voice = speechSynthesis.getVoices()[this.dataset.voice]; | |
}); | |
} | |
}, 100); | |
// Say text when button is clicked | |
speak.addEventListener("click", function (event) { | |
utterance.text = text.value; | |
speechSynthesis.speak(utterance); | |
}); | |
slower.addEventListener("click", function (event) { utterance.rate -= 0.1; }); | |
faster.addEventListener("click", function (event) { utterance.rate += 0.1; }); | |
lower.addEventListener("click", function (event) { utterance.pitch -= 0.1; }); | |
higher.addEventListener("click", function (event) { utterance.pitch += 0.1; }); | |
quieter.addEventListener("click", function (event) { utterance.volume -= 0.1; }); | |
louder.addEventListener("click", function (event) { utterance.volume += 0.1; }); | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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