Speech Synthesis API

A web API for controlling a text-to-speech output.

Spec	https://w3c.github.io/speech-api/speechapi.html#tts-section
Status	Unofficial / Note

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98 ⁽²⁾
		95	97 ⁽²⁾
		94	96 ⁽²⁾	TP
11	95 ⁽²⁾	93	95 ⁽²⁾	15	80 ⁽²⁾
10	94 ⁽²⁾	92	94 ⁽²⁾	14.1	79 ⁽²⁾
9	93 ⁽²⁾	91	93 ⁽²⁾	14	78 ⁽²⁾
8	92 ⁽²⁾	90	92 ⁽²⁾	13.1	77 ⁽²⁾
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7	91 ⁽²⁾	89	91 ⁽²⁾	13	76 ⁽²⁾
6	90 ⁽²⁾	88	90 ⁽²⁾	12.1	75 ⁽²⁾
5.5	89 ⁽²⁾	87	89 ⁽²⁾	12	74 ⁽²⁾
	88 ⁽²⁾	86	88 ⁽²⁾	11.1	73 ⁽²⁾
	87 ⁽²⁾	85	87 ⁽²⁾	11	72 ⁽²⁾
	86 ⁽²⁾	84	86 ⁽²⁾	10.1	71 ⁽²⁾
	85 ⁽²⁾	83	85 ⁽²⁾	10	70 ⁽²⁾
	84 ⁽²⁾	82	84 ⁽²⁾	9.1	69 ⁽²⁾
	83 ⁽²⁾	81	83 ⁽²⁾	9	68 ⁽²⁾
	81 ⁽²⁾	80	81 ⁽²⁾	8	67 ⁽²⁾
	80 ⁽²⁾	79	80 ⁽²⁾	7.1	66 ⁽²⁾
	79 ⁽²⁾	78	79 ⁽²⁾	7	65 ⁽²⁾
	18	77	78 ⁽²⁾	6.1	64 ⁽²⁾
	17	76	77 ⁽²⁾	6	63
	16	75	76 ⁽²⁾	5.1	62
	15	74	75 ⁽²⁾	5	60
	14	73	74 ⁽²⁾	4	58
	13	72	73 ⁽²⁾	3.2	57
	12	71	72 ⁽²⁾	3.1	56
		70	71 ⁽²⁾		55
		69	70 ⁽²⁾		54
		68	69 ⁽²⁾		53
		67	68 ⁽²⁾		52
		66	67 ⁽²⁾		51
		65	66 ⁽²⁾		50
		64	65 ⁽²⁾		49
		63	64 ⁽²⁾		48
		62	63 ⁽²⁾		47
		61	62 ⁽²⁾		46
		60	61 ⁽²⁾		45
		59	60 ⁽²⁾		44
		58	59 ⁽²⁾		43
		57	58 ⁽²⁾		42
		56	57 ⁽²⁾		41
		55	56 ⁽²⁾		40
		54	55 ⁽²⁾		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48 ⁽¹⁾	49		33
		47 ⁽¹⁾	48		32
		46 ⁽¹⁾	47		31
		45 ⁽¹⁾	46		30
		44 ⁽¹⁾	45		29
		43 ⁽¹⁾	44		28
		42 ⁽¹⁾	43		27
		41 ⁽¹⁾	42		26
		40 ⁽¹⁾	41		25
		39 ⁽¹⁾	40		24
		38 ⁽¹⁾	39		23
		37 ⁽¹⁾	38		22
		36 ⁽¹⁾	37		21
		35 ⁽¹⁾	36		20
		34 ⁽¹⁾	35		19
		33 ⁽¹⁾	34		18
		32 ⁽¹⁾	33		17
		31 ⁽¹⁾	32		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22	23		10.5
		21	22		10.0-10.1
		20	21		9.5-9.6
		19	20		9
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Samsung Internet for GearVR: In Development, release based on Chromium m53 due Q1/2017

Can be enabled in Firefox using the media.webspeech.synth.enabled about:config flag.
Speech Synthesis in Chrome since version 55 stops playback after about 15 seconds on Windows 7 & 10, and Ubuntu 14.04, possibly other platforms

Bugs

Chrome issue 679437: Speech Synthesis stops abruptly after about 15 seconds

Resources

Data by caniuse.com
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
https://caniuse.com/speech-synthesis