# JavaScript SpeechSynthesis API

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Author: David Walsh

Published: 2025-11-20T00:39:07Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial introduces the JavaScript SpeechSynthesis API, which lets web pages direct the browser to audibly speak arbitrary strings. It presents the API as a way to support accessibility and complement native accessibility tools.

## Source excerpt

As the web continues to be the medium for all users, standards bodies need to continue to provide new APIs to enrich user experience and accessibility. One underused API for unsighted users is speechSynthesis, an API to programmatically direct the browser to audibly speak any arbitrary string. The Code You can direct the browser to [...] The post JavaScript SpeechSynthesis API appeared first on David Walsh Blog.