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A. LibbyIntroducing the HTML5 Web Speech APIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5735-7_1

1. Getting Started

Alex Libby1 
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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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