This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The message read-only property of the SpeechRecognitionError interface returns a message describing the error in more detail.
Syntax
var myErrorMsg = event.message;
Value
A DOMString containing more details about the error that was raised. Note that the spec does not define the exact wording of these messages — this is up to the implementors to decide upon.
Examples
var recognition = new SpeechRecognition();
recognition.onerror = function(event) {
console.log('Speech recognition error detected: ' + event.error);
console.log('Additional information: ' + event.message);
}
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Speech API The definition of 'message' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
message | 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
| Edge Mobile ? | 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.
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"