SpeechSynthesisUtterance: end event

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

The end event of the Web Speech API SpeechSynthesisUtterance object is fired when the utterance has finished being spoken.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface SpeechSynthesisEvent
Event handler property onend

Examples

You can use the end event in an addEventListener method:

utterThis.addEventListener('end', function(event) {
  console.log('Utterance has finished being spoken after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' seconds.');
});

Or use the onend event handler property:

utterThis.onend = function(event) {
  console.log('Utterance has finished being spoken after ' + event.elapsedTime + ' seconds.');
}

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API
# eventdef-speechsynthesisutterance-boundary

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
end_event
33
14
49
No
21
7
No
33
62
No
7
3.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisUtterance/end_event