api.SpeechSynthesisUtterance - <getVoices not working on safari>

[myanch200]

What type of issue is this?

Incorrect support data (example: BrowserX says "86" but support was added in "40")

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

For Safari version 16.6 (18615.3.12.11.2) window.speechSynthesis.getVoices() does not work.
No errors in the console or any warning, just the voices are not loaded.

I tried the example from this page:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisUtterance

But it didn't work

What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?

No response

What did you expect to see?

I expected my select box to be populated with options from the getVoices() function. This works perfectly fine on Google Chrome.

Did you test this? If so, how?

I tested this manually it works on Google Chrome, but not on safari

Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?

No response

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisUtterance

MDN metadata

MDN page report details

• Query: api.SpeechSynthesisUtterance
• Report started: 2023-11-01T17:35:25.473Z

[queengooborg]

Running speechSynthesis.getVocies() works in Safari 17.1, and I haven't run into any issues of lack of support in Safari 16.6. If it's still not working on your end, there may be something else going on.