SpeechSynthesis.paused

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

The paused read-only property of the SpeechSynthesis interface is a boolean value that returns true if the SpeechSynthesis object is in a paused state, or false if not.

It can be set to paused even if nothing is currently being spoken through it. If utterances are then added to the utterance queue, they will not be spoken until the SpeechSynthesis object is unpaused, using SpeechSynthesis.resume().

Syntax

var amIPaused = speechSynthesisInstance.paused;

Value

A boolean value.

Examples

var synth = window.speechSynthesis;

synth.pause();

var amIPaused = synth.paused; // will return true

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesis-paused

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`paused`	33	14	49	No	21	7	No	33	62	No	7	3.0