SpeechRecognitionAlternative
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The SpeechRecognitionAlternative
interface of the Web Speech API represents a single word that has been recognized by the speech recognition service.
Properties
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SpeechRecognitionAlternative.transcript
Read only -
Returns a string containing the transcript of the recognized word.
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SpeechRecognitionAlternative.confidence
Read only -
Returns a numeric estimate of how confident the speech recognition system is that the recognition is correct.
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 |
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Web Speech API # speechreco-alternative |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
SpeechRecognitionAlternative |
33 |
≤79 |
No |
No |
No |
14.1 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
14.5 |
Yes |
confidence |
33 |
≤79 |
No |
No |
No |
14.1 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
14.5 |
Yes |
transcript |
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/SpeechRecognitionAlternative