SpeechSynthesisVoice: default property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2018.
The default read-only property of the
SpeechSynthesisVoice interface returns a boolean value
indicating whether the voice is the default voice for the current app
(true), or not (false.)
Note: For some devices, it might be the default voice for the voice's language. The spec is not very clear on which it should be, so some implementations may differ.
Value
A boolean value.
Examples
js
for (const voice of voices) {
const option = document.createElement("option");
option.textContent = `${voice.name} (${voice.lang})`;
if (voice.default) {
option.textContent += " — DEFAULT";
}
option.setAttribute("data-lang", voice.lang);
option.setAttribute("data-name", voice.name);
voiceSelect.appendChild(option);
}
Specifications
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| Web Speech API # dom-speechsynthesisvoice-default |
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