{"json_modified": "2016-10-18T13:59:57.626159", "uuid": "5b8c36e1-b394-4994-bf18-760ea3b2c788", "title": "SpeechSynthesis.speak()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/speak", "tags": ["synthesis", "API", "Reference", "SpeechSynthesis", "Experimental", "Web Speech API", "speak", "speech", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-10-18T13:59:57", "label": "SpeechSynthesis.speak()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 167717, "last_edit": "2016-06-30T13:33:00", "summary": "The <code><strong>speak()</strong></code> method of the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis\" title=\"The SpeechSynthesis interface of the Web Speech API is the controller interface for the speech service; this can be used to retrieve information about the synthesis voices available on the device, start and pause speech, and other commands besides.\"><code>SpeechSynthesis</code></a> interface adds an <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisUtterance\" title=\"The SpeechSynthesisUtterance interface of the Web Speech API represents a speech request. It contains the content the speech service should read and information about how to read it (e.g. language, pitch and volume.)\"><code>utterance</code></a> to the utterance queue; it will be spoken when any other utterances queued before it have been spoken.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Returns", "title": "Returns"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Examples", "title": "Examples"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/speak", "review_tags": []}