SpeechRecognition.onsoundstart

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The onsoundstart property of the SpeechRecognition interface represents an event handler that will run when any sound — recognisable speech or not — has been detected (when the soundstart event fires.)

Syntax

mySpeechRecognition.onsoundstart = function() { ... };

Examples

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
onsoundstart
33
≤79
No
No
No
14.1
Yes
Yes
No
No
14.5
Yes

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechRecognition/onsoundstart