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title: SpeechRecognitionResult
slug: Web/API/SpeechRecognitionResult
tags:
  - API
  - Experimental
  - Interface
  - NeedsTranslation
  - Reference
  - SpeechRecognitionResult
  - TopicStub
  - Web Speech API
  - recognition
  - speech
translation_of: Web/API/SpeechRecognitionResult
---
<p>{{APIRef("Web Speech API")}}{{SeeCompatTable}}</p>

<p>The <strong><code>SpeechRecognitionResult</code></strong> interface of the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API">Web Speech API</a> represents a single recognition match, which may contain multiple {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative")}} objects.</p>

<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("SpeechRecognitionResult.isFinal")}} {{readonlyinline}}</dt>
 <dd>A {{domxref("Boolean")}} that states whether this result is final (true) or not (false) — if so, then this is the final time this result will be returned; if not, then this result is an interim result, and may be updated later on.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("SpeechRecognitionResult.length")}} {{readonlyinline}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns <cite>the length of the "array" — the </cite>number of {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative")}} objects contained in the result (also referred to as "n-best alternatives".)</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("SpeechRecognitionResult.item")}}</dt>
 <dd>A standard getter that allows {{domxref("SpeechRecognitionAlternative")}} objects within the result to be accessed via array syntax.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<p>This code is excerpted from our <a href="https://github.com/mdn/web-speech-api/blob/master/speech-color-changer/script.js">Speech color changer</a> example.</p>

<pre class="brush: js">recognition.onresult = function(event) {
  // The SpeechRecognitionEvent results property returns a SpeechRecognitionResultList object
  // The SpeechRecognitionResultList object contains SpeechRecognitionResult objects.
  // It has a getter so it can be accessed like an array
  // The first [0] returns the SpeechRecognitionResult at position 0.
  // Each SpeechRecognitionResult object contains SpeechRecognitionAlternative objects that contain individual results.
  // These also have getters so they can be accessed like arrays.
  // The second [0] returns the SpeechRecognitionAlternative at position 0.
  // We then return the transcript property of the SpeechRecognitionAlternative object
  var color = event.results[0][0].transcript;
  diagnostic.textContent = 'Result received: ' + color + '.';
  bg.style.backgroundColor = color;
}</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('Web Speech API', '#speechreco-result', 'SpeechRecognitionResult')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('Web Speech API')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<div>{{CompatibilityTable}}</div>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(33)}} <sup>[1]</sup></td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(44)}} <sup>[2]</sup></td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Firefox OS</th>
   <th>IE Phone</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}<sup>[1]</sup></td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>2.5</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<ul>
 <li>[1] Speech recognition interfaces are currently prefixed on Chrome, so you'll need to prefix interface names appropriately, e.g. <code>webkitSpeechRecognition</code>; You'll also need to serve your code through a web server for recognition to work.</li>
 <li>[2] Can be enabled via the <code>media.webspeech.recognition.enable</code> flag in <a>about:config</a>, although note that currently speech recognition won't work on Desktop Firefox — it will be properly exposed soon, once the required internal permissions are sorted out.</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="Firefox_OS_permissions">Firefox OS permissions</h3>

<p>To use speech recognition in an app, you need to specify the following permissions in your <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Build/Manifest">manifest</a>:</p>

<pre class="brush: json">"permissions": {
  "audio-capture" : {
    "description" : "Audio capture"
  },
  "speech-recognition" : {
    "description" : "Speech recognition"
  }
}</pre>

<p>You also need a privileged app, so you need to include this as well:</p>

<pre class="brush: json">  "type": "privileged"</pre>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API">Web Speech API</a></li>
</ul>