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Introducing the HTML5 Web Speech API: Your Practical Introduction to Adding Browser-Based Speech Capabilities to your Websites and Online Applications
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Introducing the HTML5 Web Speech API: Your Practical Introduction to Adding Browser-Based Speech Capabilities to your Websites and Online Applications

by Alex Libby
April 2020
Beginner to intermediate
354 pages
6h 6m
English
Apress
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© Alex Libby 2020
A. LibbyIntroducing the HTML5 Web Speech APIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5735-7_1

1. Getting Started

Alex Libby1 
(1)
Rugby, UK
 

Introducing the APIs

“Hey Alexa, what time is it…?”

In an age of smart assistant (SA) devices, I’ll bet that those words will be uttered dozens of times a day worldwide – it does not matter where; smart assistants have become immensely popular. Indeed, Juniper Research has forecasted that the number of smart assistants will triple from 2.5 billion in use at the end of 2018 to 8 billion by 2023. Just imagine – changing TV channels by voice (already possible, and which alone is expected to increase 120% over the next five years) or simply doing mundane tasks like reordering goods from the likes of Amazon. ...

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