{{APIRef("Web Speech API")}}{{SeeCompatTable}}
The SpeechRecognitionEvent
interface of the Web Speech API represents the event object for the {{event("result")}} and {{event("nomatch")}} events, and contains all the data associated with an interim or final speech recognition result.
Properties
SpeechRecognitionEvent
also inherits properties from its parent interface, {{domxref("Event")}}.
- {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionEvent.emma")}} {{readonlyinline}}
- Returns an Extensible MultiModal Annotation markup language (EMMA) — XML — representation of the result.
- {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionEvent.interpretation")}} {{readonlyinline}}
- Returns the semantic meaning of what the user said.
- {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionEvent.resultIndex")}} {{readonlyinline}}
- Returns the lowest index value result in the {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionResultList")}} "array" that has actually changed.
- {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionEvent.results")}} {{readonlyinline}}
- Returns a {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionResultList")}} object representing all the speech recognition results for the current session.
Examples
This code is excerpted from our Speech color changer example.
recognition.onresult = function(event) { // The SpeechRecognitionEvent results property returns a SpeechRecognitionResultList object // The SpeechRecognitionResultList object contains SpeechRecognitionResult objects. // It has a getter so it can be accessed like an array // The first [0] returns the SpeechRecognitionResult at position 0. // Each SpeechRecognitionResult object contains SpeechRecognitionAlternative objects that contain individual results. // These also have getters so they can be accessed like arrays. // The second [0] returns the SpeechRecognitionAlternative at position 0. // We then return the transcript property of the SpeechRecognitionAlternative object var color = event.results[0][0].transcript; diagnostic.textContent = 'Result received: ' + color + '.'; bg.style.backgroundColor = color; }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
{{SpecName('Web Speech API', '#speechreco-event', 'SpeechRecognitionEvent')}} | {{Spec2('Web Speech API')}} |
Browser compatibility
{{CompatibilityTable}}
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | {{CompatChrome(33)}} [1] | {{CompatGeckoDesktop(44)}} [2] | {{CompatNo}} | {{CompatNo}} | {{CompatNo}} |
Feature | Android | Chrome | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | {{CompatUnknown}} | {{CompatVersionUnknown}}[1] | {{CompatUnknown}} | 2.5 | {{CompatNo}} | {{CompatNo}} | {{CompatNo}} |
- [1] Speech recognition interfaces are currently prefixed on Chrome, so you'll need to prefix interface names appropriately, e.g.
webkitSpeechRecognition
; You'll also need to serve your code through a web server for recognition to work. - [2] Can be enabled via the
media.webspeech.recognition.enable
flag in about:config, although note that currently speech recognition won't work on Desktop Firefox — it will be properly exposed soon, once the required internal permissions are sorted out.
Firefox OS permissions
To use speech recognition in an app, you need to specify the following permissions in your manifest:
"permissions": { "audio-capture" : { "description" : "Audio capture" }, "speech-recognition" : { "description" : "Speech recognition" } }
You also need a privileged app, so you need to include this as well:
"type": "privileged"