[webkit-dev] Implementing the Speech JavaScript API

[Hans Wennborg]

Hello WebKit,

Currently, there is some limited support for speech recognition in
WebKit, by means of the x-webkit-speech attribute to input elements.
We would like to continue the development of this to allow web apps to
better utilize the possibilities of speech recognition and
text-to-speech synthesis.

In December, Google put forward a proposal [0] for a scripting-only
subset of the API that was defined in the Speech XG Incubator Group
Final Report [1].

A W3C Community Group is being started to develop the specification
[2]. Anyone interested in this is welcome to join once the group is
available. In the meantime, the spec proposal is currently hosted at
[3].

We would like to start implementing this behind a compile-time flag
(ENABLE_SCRIPTED_SPEECH) and vendor prefix. A first patch is uploaded
to the bug tracker [4].

Thanks,
Hans

[0]. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011OctDec/1696.html
[1]. http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/htmlspeech/XGR-htmlspeech/
[2]. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2012JanMar/0438.html
[3]. http://speech-javascript-api-spec.googlecode.com/git/speechapi.html
[4]. https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80019