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SpeechRecognitionResult: item() method

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

The item getter of the {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionResult")}} interface is a standard getter that allows {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative")}} objects within the result to be accessed via array syntax.

Syntax

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item(index)

Parameters

  • index
    • : Index of the item to retrieve.

Return value

A {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative")}} object.

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

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also