CSS speak Property
Description
The speak
property defines whether text should be rendered aurally and if so, how.
The speak property has been deprecated or is no longer in any CSS working groups.
- Initial value
- normal
- Applies to
- All elements
- Inherited
- Yes
- Computed value
- Specified value
- Animatable
- No
- JavaScript syntax
- object.style.speak
Syntax
speak: auto | none | normal
Values
- autoResolves to a computed value of 'none' when 'display' is 'none', otherwise resolves to a computed value of 'auto' which yields a used value of 'normal'.
- noneThis value causes an element (including pauses, cues, rests and actual content) to not be rendered (i.e., the element has no effect in the aural dimension).
- normalThe element is rendered aurally (regardless of its 'display' value and the 'display' and 'speak' values of its ancestors).
Example
.class {
speak:normal;
}
Browser Support
The following table will show you the current browser support for the CSS speak
property.
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