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Calling the HTML5 Speech Synthesis API
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speechSynthesis.js
if ($("#speech").is(':checked')) {
window.speechSynthesis.cancel(); // Cancel if already talking
var msg = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(event.target.innerText); // Grab the text from the element that was clicked ...
window.speechSynthesis.speak(msg); // ... and speak it.
}
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