cgewecke · January 16, 2022 19:17
diff --git a/tts.example.html b/tts.example.html
 <!doctype html>
 <html>
 <head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
 </head>
 <body>
  <div>
    <div>
      <span lang="fr-FR"> A Scottsdale le nom de la cité et pronouncé </span>
      <span lang="en-US"> Scottsdale </span>
    </div>
    <div>
      <span lang="en-US">In Paris the name of the city is pronounced</span>
      <span lang="fr-FR">Paris</span>
    </div>
    <div>
      <button id="speak"> Click me </button>
  </div>
  <script>
    // All this code is in an event callback that guarantees the page is loaded and usable
    window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {

      // This is the button you click to execute the tts logic
      const button = document.getElementById("speak");

      // Chrome loads its voices from the cloud so we needs to wait until they're available.
      speechSynthesis.addEventListener("voiceschanged", () => {

        // Get voices
        const voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices()

        // Get references to all the span elements
        const spans = document.getElementsByTagName('span');

        // AFAIK browsers won't turn sound on unless the user interacts with the page somehow
        // So we need to wait for a button click...
        button.addEventListener("click", () => {

          // Cycle through the spans, getting the text and their language attribute
          for (const span of spans) {
            const lang = span.getAttribute("lang");
            const text = span.innerText.trim();

            // Search the voices array for the language of current span
            const voice = voices.find(v => v.lang === lang);

            // Get an utterance instance, set its voice to the one specified by the tag, and speak.
            const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
            utterance.voice = voice;
            speechSynthesis.speak(utterance);

            // The methods below are useful for debugging in the chrome developer tools console
            // `.dir` logs a clickable object which lets you see all the fields
            // `.log` is good for text

            // console.log('text --> ' + text);
            // console.dir(voice);
          }
        });
      });
    });
  </script>
 </body>
 </html>
	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	</head>
	<body>
	<div>
	<div>
	<span lang="fr-FR"> A Scottsdale le nom de la cité et pronouncé </span>
	<span lang="en-US"> Scottsdale </span>
	</div>
	<div>
	<span lang="en-US">In Paris the name of the city is pronounced</span>
	<span lang="fr-FR">Paris</span>
	</div>
	<div>
	<button id="speak"> Click me </button>
	</div>
	<script>
	// All this code is in an event callback that guarantees the page is loaded and usable
	window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {

	// This is the button you click to execute the tts logic
	const button = document.getElementById("speak");

	// Chrome loads its voices from the cloud so we needs to wait until they're available.
	speechSynthesis.addEventListener("voiceschanged", () => {

	// Get voices
	const voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices()

	// Get references to all the span elements
	const spans = document.getElementsByTagName('span');

	// AFAIK browsers won't turn sound on unless the user interacts with the page somehow
	// So we need to wait for a button click...
	button.addEventListener("click", () => {

	// Cycle through the spans, getting the text and their language attribute
	for (const span of spans) {
	const lang = span.getAttribute("lang");
	const text = span.innerText.trim();

	// Search the voices array for the language of current span
	const voice = voices.find(v => v.lang === lang);

	// Get an utterance instance, set its voice to the one specified by the tag, and speak.
	const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
	utterance.voice = voice;
	speechSynthesis.speak(utterance);

	// The methods below are useful for debugging in the chrome developer tools console
	// `.dir` logs a clickable object which lets you see all the fields
	// `.log` is good for text

	// console.log('text --> ' + text);
	// console.dir(voice);
	}
	});
	});
	});
	</script>
	</body>
	</html>