Speech synthesis
Widely available since 2021-03-05
The SpeechSynthesis API converts text to speech with artificial voices.
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Specifications
- Web Speech API (#tts-section), from Audio Community Group (W3C).
Browser support (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 33 Released on 2014-02-20
- Chrome Android 33 Released on 2014-02-26
- Edge 14 Released on 2016-08-02
- Firefox 49 Released on 2016-09-20
- Firefox for Android 62 Released on 2018-09-05
- Safari 7 Released on 2013-10-22
- Safari on iOS 7 Released on 2013-09-18
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~0.032% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.
Web Platform Tests (WPT)
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