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Web Speech API

The Web Speech API aims to enable web developers to provide, in a web
browser, speech-input and text-to-speech output features that are typically not
available when using standard speech-recognition or screen-reader software.
The API itself is agnostic of the underlying speech recognition and synthesis
implementation and can support both server-based and
client-based/embedded recognition and synthesis. The API is designed to
enable both brief (one-shot) speech input and continuous speech input.
Speech recognition results are provided to the web page as a list of
hypotheses, along with other relevant information for each hypothesis.

Speech recognition

Speech recognition involves receiving speech through a device's


microphone, which is then checked by a speech recognition
service against a list of grammar (basically, the vocabulary you
want to have recognized in a particular app.) When a word or
phrase is successfully recognized, it is returned as a result (or
list of results) as a text string, and further actions can be
initiated

<h1>Speech color changer</h1>


<p>Tap/click then say a color to change the background color of
the app.</p>
<div>
<p class="output"><em>…diagnostic messages</em></p>
</div>
const SpeechRecognition = window.SpeechRecognition ||
webkitSpeechRecognition;
const SpeechGrammarList = window.SpeechGrammarList ||
webkitSpeechGrammarList;
const SpeechRecognitionEvent =
window.SpeechRecognitionEvent ||
webkitSpeechRecognitionEvent;

SpeechGrammar

The SpeechGrammar interface of the Web Speech


API represents a set of words or patterns of words that we
want the recognition service to recognize.

Grammar is defined using JSpeech Grammar Format (JSGF.)


Other formats may also be supported in the future.

SpeechRecognitionAlternative

The SpeechRecognitionAlternative interface of the Web


Speech API represents a single word that has been recognized
by the speech recognition service.

Instance properties
SpeechRecognitionAlternative.transcript Read only

Returns a string containing the transcript of the recognized


word.

SpeechRecognitionAlternative.confidence Read only

Returns a numeric estimate between 0 and 1 of how


confident the speech recognition system is that the
recognition is correct.

SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent
The SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent interface of the Web Speech
API represents error messages from the recognition service.

SpeechSynthesisVoice

The SpeechSynthesisVoice interface of the Web Speech


API represents a voice that the system supports.
Every SpeechSynthesisVoice has its own relative speech service
including information about language, name and URI.

Instance properties
SpeechSynthesisVoice.default Read only

A boolean value indicating whether the voice is the default


voice for the current app language (true), or not (false.)

SpeechSynthesisVoice.lang Read only

Returns a BCP 47 language tag indicating the language of


the voice.

SpeechSynthesisVoice.localService Read only

A boolean value indicating whether the voice is supplied


by a local speech synthesizer service (true), or a remote
speech synthesizer service (false.)

SpeechSynthesisVoice.name Read only

Returns a human-readable name that represents the


voice.

SpeechSynthesisVoice.voiceURI Read only


Returns the type of URI and location of the speech
synthesis service for this voice.

SpeechSynthesis

The SpeechSynthesis interface of the Web Speech API is the


controller interface for the speech service; this can be used to
retrieve information about the synthesis voices available on the
device, start and pause speech, and other commands besides.

EventTargetSpeechSynthesis
Instance properties

SpeechSynthesis also inherits properties from its parent


interface, EventTarget.

SpeechSynthesis.paused Read only

A boolean value that returns true if


the SpeechSynthesis object is in a paused state.

SpeechSynthesis.pending Read only

A boolean value that returns true if the utterance queue


contains as-yet-unspoken utterances.

SpeechSynthesis.speaking Read only

A boolean value that returns true if an utterance is


currently in the process of being spoken — even
if SpeechSynthesis is in a paused state.
Instance methods

SpeechSynthesis also inherits methods from its parent


interface, EventTarget.

SpeechSynthesis.cancel()

Removes all utterances from the utterance queue.

SpeechSynthesis.getVoices()

Returns a list of SpeechSynthesisVoice objects


representing all the available voices on the current device.

SpeechSynthesis.pause()

Puts the SpeechSynthesis object into a paused state.

SpeechSynthesis.resume()

Puts the SpeechSynthesis object into a non-paused state:


resumes it if it was already paused.

SpeechSynthesis.speak()

Adds an utterance to the utterance queue; it will be


spoken when any other utterances queued before it have
been spoken.

Events

Listen to this event using addEventListener() or by assigning an


event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.
voiceschanged

Fired when the list of SpeechSynthesisVoice objects that


would be returned by
the SpeechSynthesis.getVoices() method has changed.
Also available via the onvoiceschanged property.

 Speech recognition is accessed via


the SpeechRecognition interface, which provides the ability to
recognize voice context from an audio input (normally via the
device's default speech recognition service) and respond
appropriately. Generally you'll use the interface's constructor to
create a new SpeechRecognition object, which has a number of
event handlers available for detecting when speech is input
through the device's microphone. The SpeechGrammar interface
represents a container for a particular set of grammar that your
app should recognize. Grammar is defined using JSpeech
Grammar Format (JSGF.)
 Speech synthesis is accessed via the SpeechSynthesis interface, a
text-to-speech component that allows programs to read out their
text content (normally via the device's default speech
synthesizer.) Different voice types are represented
by SpeechSynthesisVoice objects, and different parts of text that
you want to be spoken are represented
by SpeechSynthesisUtterance objects. You can get these spoken
by passing them to the SpeechSynthesis.speak() method.

For more details on using these features, see Using the Web Speech
API.
Web Speech API Interfaces
Speech recognition
SpeechRecognition

The controller interface for the recognition service; this also


handles the SpeechRecognitionEvent sent from the recognition
service.

SpeechRecognitionAlternative

Represents a single word that has been recognized by the speech


recognition service.

SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent

Represents error messages from the recognition service.

SpeechRecognitionEvent

The event object for the result and nomatch events, and contains
all the data associated with an interim or final speech recognition
result.

SpeechGrammar

The words or patterns of words that we want the recognition


service to recognize.

SpeechGrammarList

Represents a list of SpeechGrammar objects.

SpeechRecognitionResult

Represents a single recognition match, which may contain


multiple SpeechRecognitionAlternative objects.
SpeechRecognitionResultList

Represents a list of SpeechRecognitionResult objects, or a single


one if results are being captured in continuous mode.

Speech synthesis
SpeechSynthesis

The controller interface for the speech service; this can be used to
retrieve information about the synthesis voices available on the
device, start and pause speech, and other commands besides.

SpeechSynthesisErrorEvent

Contains information about any errors that occur while


processing SpeechSynthesisUtterance objects in the speech
service.

SpeechSynthesisEvent

Contains information about the current state


of SpeechSynthesisUtterance objects that have been processed in
the speech service.

SpeechSynthesisUtterance

Represents a speech request. It contains the content the speech


service should read and information about how to read it (e.g.
language, pitch and volume.)

SpeechSynthesisVoice

Represents a voice that the system supports.


Every SpeechSynthesisVoice has its own relative speech service
including information about language, name and URI.
Window.speechSynthesis

Specified out as part of a [NoInterfaceObject] interface


called SpeechSynthesisGetter, and Implemented by
the Window object, the speechSynthesis property provides access
to the SpeechSynthesis controller, and therefore the entry point
to speech synthesis functionality.

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