As the net continues to be the medium for all customers, requirements our bodies must proceed to supply new APIs to complement consumer expertise and accessibility. One underused API for unsighted customers is speechSynthesis, an API to programmatically direct the browser to audibly converse any arbitrary string.
The Code
You’ll be able to direct the browser to utter speech with window.speechSynthesis and SpeechSynthesisUtterance:
window.speechSynthesis.converse(
new SpeechSynthesisUtterance('Hey Jude!')
)
speechSynthesis.converse will robotically inform the consumer something you present as a SpeechSynthesisUtterance string. Assist for this API is offered in all trendy browsers.
I would not take into account speechSynthesis as a substitute for native accessibility instruments, however this API may very well be used to enhance what native instruments present!
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