soundstart

This is an experimental technology
Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for the proper prefixes to use in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the spec changes.

The soundstart event of the Web Speech API is fired when any sound — recognisable speech or not — has been detected.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Target objects	`SpeechRecognition`
Interface	`Event`

Examples

var recognition = new SpeechRecognition();

recognition.onsoundstart = function() {
  console.log('Some sound is being received');
}

Inheritance

The soundstart event implements the Event interface — it has available the properties and methods defined on this interface.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Web Speech API The definition of 'speech recognition events' in that specification.	Draft

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	33 ^[1]	44 (44) ^[2]	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

Feature	Android	Chrome	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	Firefox OS	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	(Yes)^[1]	?	2.5	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

[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"

soundstart

Examples

Inheritance

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Firefox OS permissions

See also

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