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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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
onstart | Chrome
Full support
33
| Edge ? | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android
Full support
Yes
| Chrome Android
Full support
Yes
| Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung 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.