SpeechRecognition.onstart

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

The onstart property of the SpeechRecognition interface represents an event handler that will run when the speech recognition service has begun listening to incoming audio with intent to recognize grammars associated with the current SpeechRecognition (when the start event fires.)

Syntax

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

Examples

recognition.onstart = function() {
  console.log('Speech recognition service has started');
}

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Speech API
The definition of 'onstart' in that specification.		 Draft  

Browser compatibility

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DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidEdge MobileFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidiOS SafariSamsung Internet
Basic support
Experimental
Chrome Full support 33
Prefixed Notes
Full support 33
Prefixed Notes
Prefixed Requires the vendor prefix: webkit
Notes You'll need to serve your code through a web server for recognition to work.
Edge ? Firefox No support NoIE No support NoOpera No support NoSafari No support NoWebView Android Full support Yes
Prefixed Notes
Full support Yes
Prefixed Notes
Prefixed Requires the vendor prefix: webkit
Notes You'll need to serve your code through a web server for recognition to work.
Chrome Android Full support Yes
Prefixed Notes
Full support Yes
Prefixed Notes
Prefixed Requires the vendor prefix: webkit
Notes You'll need to serve your code through a web server for recognition to work.
Edge Mobile ? Firefox Android No support NoOpera Android No support NoSafari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android ?

Legend

Full support  
Full support
No support  
No support
Compatibility unknown  
Compatibility unknown
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
See implementation notes.
Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.

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"

See also

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