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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.
speechSynthesisInstance.cancel();
Void.
None.
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 | Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Speech API The definition of 'cancel()' in that specification. | Draft |
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 33 | (Yes) | 49 (49) | No support | ? | 7 |
| Feature | Android | Chrome | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | No support | 2.0 | No support | No support | 7.1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/cancel