# Speaker animated icon

> Add the Speaker micro animation to React with react-useanimations or shadcn. It plays once on hover; free MIT Lottie and SVG files.

Speaker is a 1.2 s micro animation that plays once on hover; use it for play and pause buttons in audio and video players. Hover-to-play icons typically liven up arrow links, feature lists, toolbar buttons and landing page cards. Also known as volume, sound and audio.

## Facts

- Interaction: [Hover replay](https://useanimations.com/interactions/hover-replay). Plays once on mouseenter unless reduced motion is preferred. Leaving does not stop it; entering during playback does not restart it.
- Category: [Media](https://useanimations.com/categories/media)
- Duration: 1.20 s at 30 fps
- Artboard: 32 × 32 px
- Lottie size: 2.7 kB
- License: MIT, attribution optional ([Licencing & Terms](https://useanimations.com/licencing-and-terms))

## Files

- Lottie JSON: https://useanimations.com/icons/speaker.json
- Static SVG (speaker): https://useanimations.com/icons/speaker/speaker.svg
- ZIP (Lottie JSON and SVGs): https://useanimations.com/icons/speaker.zip
- shadcn registry item: https://useanimations.com/r/speaker.json
- Web page: https://useanimations.com/icons/speaker

## React

```bash
npm install react-useanimations
```

```jsx
import UseAnimations from 'react-useanimations';
import speaker from 'react-useanimations/lib/speaker';

<UseAnimations animation={speaker} size={32} />
```

## shadcn/ui

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/speaker.json
```

```tsx
import { AnimatedSpeaker } from '@/components/animations/speaker';

<AnimatedSpeaker size={24} />
```

## HTML and lottie-web

```html
<div id="speaker-icon" style="width: 48px; height: 48px"></div>

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lottie-web@5.13.0/build/player/lottie_light.min.js"></script>
<script>
  const el = document.getElementById('speaker-icon');
  const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/speaker.json' });
  const motion = matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
  el.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { if (!motion.matches && a.isPaused) a.playSegments([0, a.totalFrames], true); });
</script>
```

## FAQ

### Does Speaker restart when the pointer comes back mid-animation?

A run that has started plays its 1.2 s to the end, so moving in and out quickly doesn't make it stutter; the next enter after that plays it again. Taps on touch screens are ignored, but keyboard focus plays it.

### Will screen readers read the Speaker icon?

By default it is aria-hidden. Pass aria-label="Speaker" to announce it as an image, or leave it hidden when the link or button it sits in has its own text.

### Can Speaker play on click instead?

Yes: pass interaction="click-replay". It then replays once from the start on every click unless reduced motion is preferred.

## Related icons

- [Volume](https://useanimations.com/icons/volume) (click-toggle)
- [Microphone](https://useanimations.com/icons/microphone) (click-toggle)
- [Microphone V2](https://useanimations.com/icons/microphone-v2) (click-toggle)
- [Aperture](https://useanimations.com/icons/aperture) (hover-replay)
- [Rewind](https://useanimations.com/icons/rewind) (hover-replay)
- [Headphones](https://useanimations.com/icons/headphones) (hover-replay)
- [Music](https://useanimations.com/icons/music) (hover-replay)
- [TV](https://useanimations.com/icons/tv) (hover-replay)
- [Film](https://useanimations.com/icons/film) (hover-replay)
- [Cast](https://useanimations.com/icons/cast) (hover-replay)
- [Fast Forward](https://useanimations.com/icons/fast-forward) (hover-replay)
- [Radio](https://useanimations.com/icons/radio) (hover-replay)

[All media icons](https://useanimations.com/categories/media) · [All icons](https://useanimations.com/icons)