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The boundary event of the Web Speech API is fired when the spoken utterance reaches a word or sentence boundary.
| Bubbles | No |
| Cancelable | No |
| Target objects | SpeechSynthesisUtterance |
| Interface | SpeechSynthesisEvent |
Examples
utterThis.onboundary = function(event) {
console.log(event.name + ' boundary reached after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' milliseconds.');
}
Inheritance
The boundary event implements the SpeechSynthesisEvent interface, which inherits from Event. It therefore has available the properties and methods defined on both these interfaces.
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Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Speech API The definition of 'speech synthesis utterance events' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 33 | 44 (44) [1] | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Feature | Android | Chrome | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | (Yes) | ? | 2.5 | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
- [1] Can be enabled via the
media.webspeech.synth.enabledflag in about:config.
See also
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