SpeechSynthesis = ref object of JsRoot
  paused*: bool              ## https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/paused
  pending*: bool             ## https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/pending
  speaking*: bool            ## https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis/speaking
  

func cancel(self: SpeechSynthesis) {.importjs: "#.$1()", discardable,
                                     ...raises: [], tags: [].}

func newSpeechSynthesis(): SpeechSynthesis {.
    importjs: "(window.speechSynthesis)@", ...raises: [], tags: [].}

func pause(self: SpeechSynthesis) {.importjs: "#.$1()", discardable, ...raises: [],
                                    tags: [].}

func resume(self: SpeechSynthesis) {.importjs: "#.$1()", discardable,
                                     ...raises: [], tags: [].}

func speak(self: SpeechSynthesis; text, lang: cstring) {.importjs: """const speechsynts = #;
const text2speak  = (new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(#));
text2speak.lang   = #;
speechsynts.speak(text2speak); """,
    ...raises: [], tags: [].}

func speak(self: SpeechSynthesis; text, lang: cstring; pitch: 0 .. 2;
           rate: 0 .. 10) {.importjs: """const speechsynts = #;
const text2speak  = (new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(#));
text2speak.lang   = #;
text2speak.pitch  = #;
text2speak.rate   = #;
speechsynts.speak(text2speak); """,
                            ...raises: [], tags: [].}

func speak(self: SpeechSynthesis; text, lang: cstring; volume: 0.1 .. 1.0;
           pitch: 0.0 .. 2.0; rate: 0.1 .. 10.0) {.importjs: """const speechsynts = #;
const text2speak  = (new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(#));
text2speak.lang   = #;
text2speak.volume = #;
text2speak.pitch  = #;
text2speak.rate   = #;
speechsynts.speak(text2speak); """,
    ...raises: [], tags: [].}

func speak(self: SpeechSynthesis; text: cstring) {.
    importjs: "#.$1( (new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(#)) )", discardable,
    ...raises: [], tags: [].}