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Written from what actually happens, and recorded as a podcast you can listen to on the walk.","emerald-400","teal-300","◉",[13],{"courses":18,"paths":18,"articles":17,"exams":18,"flashcards":18,"packages":18,"community":17,"certificates":18,"teams":18,"commerce":18},3,{"slug":45,"title":46,"summary":47,"html":48,"css":49,"js":50,"config":51,"doc":53},"speech-synthesis-api-browser-tts","speechSynthesis voice race — interactive playground",null,"\u003Cdiv class=\"pg\">\n    \u003Ch1 class=\"pg-title\">🎮 The voice-list race, live\u003C\u002Fh1>\n    \u003Cp class=\"pg-sub\">\n      Your browser ships a free text-to-speech engine via \u003Ccode>speechSynthesis\u003C\u002Fcode>. Its voice\n      list loads \u003Cstrong>asynchronously\u003C\u002Fstrong> — call \u003Ccode>getVoices()\u003C\u002Fcode> before it's ready\n      and you get an empty (or short) array. Watch it happen below, then use the same engine to\n      actually speak something.\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">1\u003C\u002Fspan> Prove the race\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cp class=\"hint\">\n        Click both buttons right away. \"Check immediately\" reads \u003Ccode>getVoices()\u003C\u002Fcode> the naive\n        way — synchronously, no waiting. \"Wait for ready\" uses the \u003Ccode>voiceschanged\u003C\u002Fcode>-backed\n        helper from the post. On a page that hasn't spoken yet, the two counts can disagree.\n      \u003C\u002Fp>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"race-row\">\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn\" id=\"checkNow\">Check immediately\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn primary\" id=\"checkReady\">Wait for ready\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cspan class=\"count-box\">immediate: \u003Cspan class=\"num\" id=\"immCount\">—\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n        \u003Cspan class=\"count-box\">ready: \u003Cspan class=\"num\" id=\"readyCount\">—\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"log\" id=\"raceLog\" style=\"margin-top:12px; max-height: 130px;\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">2\u003C\u002Fspan> Speak something\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cp class=\"hint\">The voice dropdown only populates once the safe, promise-based load resolves — so it's never empty by the time you can pick from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n      \u003Ctextarea id=\"text\">Every browser ships a free text-to-speech engine. Most bugs in it come from asking too early.\u003C\u002Ftextarea>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"presets\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn sm\" data-preset=\"0\">Short line\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn sm\" data-preset=\"1\">Longer paragraph\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn sm\" data-preset=\"2\">The bug, in one sentence\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n      \u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top:14px\">\n        \u003Cselect id=\"voice\">\u003Coption>loading voices…\u003C\u002Foption>\u003C\u002Fselect>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"slider-row\">\n        \u003Clabel for=\"rate\">Rate\u003C\u002Flabel>\u003Cinput type=\"range\" id=\"rate\" min=\"0.5\" max=\"2\" step=\"0.1\" value=\"1\" \u002F>\u003Cspan class=\"val\" id=\"rateVal\">1.0\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"slider-row\">\n        \u003Clabel for=\"pitch\">Pitch\u003C\u002Flabel>\u003Cinput type=\"range\" id=\"pitch\" min=\"0\" max=\"2\" step=\"0.1\" value=\"1\" \u002F>\u003Cspan class=\"val\" id=\"pitchVal\">1.0\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"slider-row\">\n        \u003Clabel for=\"volume\">Volume\u003C\u002Flabel>\u003Cinput type=\"range\" id=\"volume\" min=\"0\" max=\"1\" step=\"0.05\" value=\"1\" \u002F>\u003Cspan class=\"val\" id=\"volumeVal\">1.0\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"btn-row\" style=\"margin-top:14px\">\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn good\" id=\"speak\">▶️ Speak\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn bad\" id=\"stop\">⏹ Stop\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">3\u003C\u002Fspan> Result\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"status\" id=\"status\">\n        \u003Cspan class=\"dot info\" id=\"dot\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan id=\"statusText\">Ready — nothing spoken yet.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cp class=\"hint\" id=\"hint\">The status line narrates \u003Ccode>onstart\u003C\u002Fcode>\u002F\u003Ccode>onend\u003C\u002Fcode>\u002F\u003Ccode>onerror\u003C\u002Fcode> from the utterance in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n  \u003C\u002Fdiv>","\u002F*\n * Shared playground design system — daily-post\n * ============================================\n * Link it from any post's playground\u002Findex.html (no per-post boilerplate):\n *\n *   \u003Clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"..\u002F..\u002F..\u002Fplayground\u002Fassets\u002Fbase.css\" \u002F>\n *\n * The relative path resolves the same locally (posts\u002F\u003Cbase>\u002Fplayground\u002F) and on\n * the deployed host (public\u002Fposts\u002F\u003Cbase>\u002Fplayground\u002F), because build-site.js\n * mirrors this file to public\u002Fplayground\u002Fassets\u002Fbase.css. For a CodeSandbox\n * --embed, playground.js inlines this file so the single-file sandbox still styles.\n *\n * Then write ONLY the demo-specific CSS in your inline \u003Cstyle>. Everything below\n * — tokens, layout, panels, buttons, toggles, sliders, code blocks, status\u002Flog,\n * banners, presets — comes for free and looks consistent across every post.\n *\n * Theme-aware: dark by default, light via prefers-color-scheme AND a\n * [data-theme] override on \u003Chtml> (so a toggle can force either). Accessible:\n * real focus rings, adequate contrast, reduced-motion honored.\n *\u002F\n\n\u002F* ---------- design tokens ---------- *\u002F\n:root {\n  --bg: #0d1117;\n  --bg-grid: #ffffff0a;\n  --panel: #161b22;\n  --panel-2: #0b0e14;\n  --card: #0b0e14;\n  --ink: #e8ebf2;\n  --muted: #9aa4b2;\n  --faint: #6b7688;\n  --line: #232a35;\n  --line-soft: #ffffff12;\n  --accent: #7c9cff;\n  --accent-ink: #0b0e14;\n  --good: #3fb950;\n  --warn: #f0883e;\n  --bad: #f85149;\n  --info: #58a6ff;\n  --radius: 14px;\n  --radius-sm: 9px;\n  --shadow: 0 8px 30px #0006;\n  --shadow-sm: 0 4px 14px #0005;\n  --mono: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, \"SF Mono\", Menlo, Consolas, \"Liberation Mono\", monospace;\n  --sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif;\n  color-scheme: dark;\n}\n\n\u002F* Light theme — system preference, overridable by [data-theme] on \u003Chtml>. *\u002F\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {\n  :root:not([data-theme=\"dark\"]) {\n    --bg: #f4f6fb;\n    --bg-grid: #00000008;\n    --panel: #ffffff;\n    --panel-2: #f0f3f9;\n    --card: #f7f9fc;\n    --ink: #131722;\n    --muted: #5b6472;\n    --faint: #8a93a3;\n    --line: #e2e7f0;\n    --line-soft: #00000010;\n    --accent: #2f6df0;\n    --accent-ink: #ffffff;\n    --good: #1a7f37;\n    --warn: #bc4c00;\n    --bad: #cf222e;\n    --info: #0969da;\n    --shadow: 0 8px 30px #0000001f;\n    --shadow-sm: 0 4px 14px #00000014;\n    color-scheme: light;\n  }\n}\n:root[data-theme=\"light\"] {\n  --bg: #f4f6fb;\n  --bg-grid: #00000008;\n  --panel: #ffffff;\n  --panel-2: #f0f3f9;\n  --card: #f7f9fc;\n  --ink: #131722;\n  --muted: #5b6472;\n  --faint: #8a93a3;\n  --line: #e2e7f0;\n  --line-soft: #00000010;\n  --accent: #2f6df0;\n  --accent-ink: #ffffff;\n  --good: #1a7f37;\n  --warn: #bc4c00;\n  --bad: #cf222e;\n  --info: #0969da;\n  --shadow: 0 8px 30px #0000001f;\n  --shadow-sm: 0 4px 14px #00000014;\n  color-scheme: light;\n}\n\n\u002F* ---------- reset & base ---------- *\u002F\n*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; 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