This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The SpeechGrammarList()
constructor creates a new SpeechGrammarList
object instance.
Syntax
var myGrammarList = new SpeechGrammarList();
Parameters
None.
Examples
In our simple Speech color changer example, we create a new SpeechRecognition
object instance using the SpeechRecognition()
constructor, create a new SpeechGrammarList
, add our grammar string to it using the SpeechGrammarList.addFromString
method, and set it to be the grammar that will be recognised by the SpeechRecognition
instance using the SpeechRecognition.grammars
property.
var grammar = '#JSGF V1.0; grammar colors; public <color> = aqua | azure | beige | bisque | black | blue | brown | chocolate | coral | crimson | cyan | fuchsia | ghostwhite | gold | goldenrod | gray | green | indigo | ivory | khaki | lavender | lime | linen | magenta | maroon | moccasin | navy | olive | orange | orchid | peru | pink | plum | purple | red | salmon | sienna | silver | snow | tan | teal | thistle | tomato | turquoise | violet | white | yellow ;' var recognition = new SpeechRecognition(); var speechRecognitionList = new SpeechGrammarList(); speechRecognitionList.addFromString(grammar, 1); recognition.grammars = speechRecognitionList;
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Speech API The definition of 'SpeechGrammarList' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 33 [1] | 44 (44) [2] | No support | No support | No support |
Feature | Android | Chrome | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | (Yes)[1] | ? | 2.5 | No support | No support | No support |
- [1] Speech recognition interfaces are currently prefixed on Chrome, so you'll need to prefix interface names appropriately, e.g.
webkitSpeechRecognition
; You'll also need to serve your code through a web server for recognition to work. - [2] Can be enabled via the
media.webspeech.recognition.enable
flag in about:config, although note that currently speech recognition won't work on Desktop Firefox — it will be properly exposed soon, once the required internal permissions are sorted out.
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"