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Created December 20, 2016 13:46
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function speak(textToSpeech) {
var synUtterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(textToSpeech);
if (voiceSelect.value) {
synUtterance.voice = speechSynthesis.getVoices().filter(function (voice) { return voice.name == voiceSelect.value; })[0];
}
synUtterance.lang = langSelect.value;
synUtterance.volume = parseFloat(volumeRange.value);
synUtterance.rate = parseFloat(rateRange.value);
synUtterance.pitch = parseFloat(pitchRange.value);
const eventList = ["start", "end", "mark", "pause", "resume", "error", "boundary"];
eventList.forEach((event) => {
synUtterance.addEventListener(event, (speechSynthesisEvent) => {
log(`Fired '${speechSynthesisEvent.type}' event at time '${speechSynthesisEvent.elapsedTime}' and character '${speechSynthesisEvent.charIndex}'.`);
});
});
window.speechSynthesis.speak(synUtterance);
}
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