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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_2

2. Exploring the APIs in More Detail

Alex Libby1 
(1)
Rugby, UK
 

Understanding the API terminology

“Great! My PC can now talk and recognize my voice. But what’s the SpeechSynthesisUtterance keyword that I see in the code mean…?”

It’s a good question. Now that you’ve seen the API in operation, I’ll bet you’re eager to understand how it hangs together, right? We’ve only touched on the basics of making our PC speak or recognize our voice. There is much more we can do!

Over the course of this chapter, we’re going to dive into some of the theory behind the API, before using it (or them – depending on how you see it), to create something a little more ...

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