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SpeechRecognitionAlternative

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{{APIRef("Web Speech API")}}

The SpeechRecognitionAlternative interface of the Web Speech API represents a single word that has been recognized by the speech recognition service.

Instance properties

  • {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative.transcript")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
    • : Returns a string containing the transcript of the recognized word.
  • {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative.confidence")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
    • : Returns a numeric estimate between 0 and 1 of how confident the speech recognition system is that the recognition is correct.

Examples

This code is excerpted from our Speech color changer example.

js
recognition.onresult = (event) => {
  const color = event.results[0][0].transcript;
  diagnostic.textContent = `Result received: ${color}.`;
  bg.style.backgroundColor = color;
};

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also