SpeechSynthesis.cancel

The cancel() method of the SpeechSynthesis interface removes all utterances from the utterance queue.

If an utterance is currently being spoken, speaking will stop immediately.

Syntax

speechSynthesisInstance.cancel();

Returns

Void.

Parameters

None.

Examples

var synth = window.speechSynthesis;

var utterance1 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance('How about we say this now? This is quite a long sentence to say.');
var utterance2 = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance('We should say another sentence too, just to be on the safe side.');

synth.speak(utterance1);
synth.speak(utterance2);

synth.cancel(); // utterance1 stops being spoken immediately, and both are removed from the queue

Specifications

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See also

• Web Speech API