SpeechSynthesisVoice: default property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2018.
The default
read-only property of the
SpeechSynthesisVoice
interface returns a boolean value
indicating whether the voice is the default voice for the current app
(true
), or not (false
.)
Note: For some devices, it might be the default voice for the voice's language. The spec is not very clear on which it should be, so some implementations may differ.
Value
A boolean value.
Examples
js
for (let i = 0; i < voices.length; i++) {
const option = document.createElement("option");
option.textContent = `${voices[i].name} (${voices[i].lang})`;
if (voices[i].default) {
option.textContent += " — DEFAULT";
}
option.setAttribute("data-lang", voices[i].lang);
option.setAttribute("data-name", voices[i].name);
voiceSelect.appendChild(option);
}
Specifications
Specification |
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Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisvoice-default |
Browser compatibility
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