JavaScript speechSynthesis.speak() without user activation is no longer allowed since M71

Question

I used speechSynthesis API in this way:

speechSynthesis.speak(new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(\"hello world\"));

But right now I get error aft

Answer 1

This error means entire document (Website) has no user interaction and Google Chrome update its policy regarding making sound from the website without user interaction.

User interaction means: click, dblclick, mouseup, pointerup, reset, submit etc.

Solution:

So, if you want to run speechSynthesis.speak(); without real user interaction, then you just create temporary user interaction using a method like .click(), etc.