I need to play some text and ONLY THEN perform the following actions (e.g. hiding the "pause" and "stop" buttons), but they are hidden IMMEDIATELY when I start playing the text. Simplified situation - see code.
Many thanks for the advice..
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script src='https://code.responsivevoice.org/responsivevoice.js'></script>
<script>
function Voice(id){
var element = document.getElementById(id);
var text = element.innerText;
responsiveVoice.speak(text, "UK English Male", {onend: Hide("div1")});
}
function Hide(id){
var element = document.getElementById(id);
element.style="visibility: hidden";
}
</script>
<div id="div1">This is the first line.</div>
<div id="div2" onclick = 'Voice("div2")'>
This is the second line.
</div>
<br>
Click on the second line to play its text. The first line should be hidden after the message is played.<br>
But it is hidden IMMEDIATELY after clicking. What is wrong?
</body>
</html>The solution is to use arrow: {onend: () => Hide()} instead of {onend: Hide()} (Thanks to CertainPerformance).
onstart:, onend: and rate: can even be used simultaneously. There is only one small problem - after changing the content of the page, there is a long delay when using the ResponsiveVoice function for the first time. See code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script src='https://code.responsivevoice.org/responsivevoice.js'>
</script>
<script>
function Read(id){
var element = document.getElementById(id);
var text = element.innerText;
responsiveVoice.speak(text, "UK English Male", {rate: 1.3, onstart: () => Show(), onend: () => Hide()});
}
function Show(){
var element = document.getElementById("Pause");
element.style="visibility: visible";
}
function Hide(){
var element = document.getElementById("Pause");
element.style="visibility: hidden";
}
</script>
<div id="div" onclick = 'Read("div")'>This is text to read.</div>
<br>
<input type = "button"
id = "Pause"
value = "Pause"
style = "visibility: hidden" />
</body>
</html>
You need to pass a function that calls
Hide, rather than callingHideimmediately:calls
hideas soon as that line is evaluated. It needs to be: