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mark

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The mark event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance object is fired when the spoken utterance reaches a named SSML "mark" tag.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Target objects SpeechSynthesisUtterance
Interface SpeechSynthesisEvent

Examples

utterThis.onmark = function(event) {
  console.log('A mark was reached: ' + event.name);
}

Inheritance

The mark event implements the SpeechSynthesisEvent interface, which inherits from Event. It therefore has available the properties and methods defined on both these interfaces.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 33 (Yes) 44 (44) [1] No support No support No support
Feature Android Chrome Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? (Yes) (Yes) ? 2.5 No support No support No support
  • [1] Can be enabled via the media.webspeech.synth.enabled flag in about:config.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/mark