JavaScript Text-to-Speech - The Easy Way
In this tutorial, we created a simple JavaScript application that utilizes the Web Speech API to convert text to speech. Here is a summary of what we accomplished: 1. We explained how to use the Web Speech API for Text-to-Speech in JavaScript and introduced the required objects and methods. 2. We wrote static code to test if our browser supports the Web Speech API and made it speak a predefined sentence. 3. We made our application dynamic by adding an HTML form and allowing users to input their text that will be converted into speech. 4. Additional features of the Web Speech API, such as language, pitch, rate, voice, volume were briefly mentioned for further exploration. 5. The final code example demonstrates how to use the Text-to-Speech feature in a simple yet functional web application. Note: This application is best tested on a device that supports speech synthesis and has built-in speakers.
Company
AssemblyAI
Date published
April 4, 2022
Author(s)
Stefan Rosanitsch
Word count
1209
Language
English
Hacker News points
1