CSS speak-as Property

Description

The speak-as property determines in what manner text gets rendered aurally, based upon a predefined list of possibilities.

The speak-as property has been deprecated or is no longer in any CSS working groups.

Initial value

normal

Applies to

All elements

Inherited

Yes

Media

Speech

Computed value

Specified value

Animatable

No

CSS Version

CSS3

JavaScript syntax

object.style.speakAs

Syntax

speak-as: normal | spell-out || digits || [ literal-punctuation | no-punctuation ]

Values

• normalUses language-dependent pronunciation rules for rendering the element's content. For example, punctuation is not spoken as-is, but instead rendered naturally as appropriate pauses.
• spell-outSpells the text one letter at a time (useful for acronyms and abbreviations).
• digitsSpeak numbers one digit at a time, for instance, "twelve" would be spoken as "one two", and "31" as "three one".
• literal-punctuationPunctuation such as semicolons, braces, and so on is named aloud (i.e. spoken literally) rather than rendered naturally as appropriate pauses.
• no-punctuationPunctuation is not rendered: neither spoken nor rendered as pauses.

Example

.class {
   speak-as: spell-out;
}

Browser Support

Desktop
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Tablets / Mobile
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