SpeechRecognition: soundend event

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

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

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface Event
Event handler property onsoundend

Examples

You can use the soundend event in an addEventListener method:

var recognition = new webkitSpeechRecognition() || new SpeechRecognition();

recognition.addEventListener('soundend', function(event) {
  console.log('Sound has stopped being received');
});

Or use the onsoundend event handler property:

recognition.onsoundend = function(event) {
  console.log('Sound has stopped being received');
}

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API
# eventdef-speechrecognition-soundend

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
soundend_event
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/soundend_event