Completion Lists: How to get current selected word without leaving completion 'mode'

Hello Vim-users,

I search a way to get the currently selected word of the auto-complete suggestion list after hitting <C-N> in the insert mode.
I tried to copy the current word under the cursor, but this approach quits the automatic completion mode.
This was my last approach:
:inoremap <C-N> <C-N><C-O>:call CompleteWordHandler('<C-R><C-W>')<CR>

But this closes the list and moreover I'm not sure if my handler was called.
Did somebody know how to get the selected word? I'm planning to pipe this word to an external program (espeak).


Regards,
Yggdrasil

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