This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The stop()
method of the Web Speech API stops the speech recognition service from listening to incoming audio, and attempts to return a SpeechRecognitionResult
using the audio captured so far.
Syntax
mySpeechRecognition.stop();
Returns
Void.
Parameters
None.
Examples
var grammar = '#JSGF V1.0; grammar colors; public <color> = aqua | azure | beige | bisque | black | blue | brown | chocolate | coral | crimson | cyan | fuchsia | ghostwhite | gold | goldenrod | gray | green | indigo | ivory | khaki | lavender | lime | linen | magenta | maroon | moccasin | navy | olive | orange | orchid | peru | pink | plum | purple | red | salmon | sienna | silver | snow | tan | teal | thistle | tomato | turquoise | violet | white | yellow ;' var recognition = new SpeechRecognition(); var speechRecognitionList = new SpeechGrammarList(); speechRecognitionList.addFromString(grammar, 1); recognition.grammars = speechRecognitionList; var diagnostic = document.querySelector('.output'); var bg = document.querySelector('html'); document.body.onclick = function() { recognition.start(); console.log('Ready to receive a color command.'); } abortBtn.onclick = function() { recognition.abort(); console.log('Speech recognition aborted.'); } recognition.onspeechend = function() { recognition.stop(); console.log('Speech recognition has stopped.'); }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Speech API The definition of 'stop()' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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stop | Chrome
Full support
33
| Edge
Full support
≤79
| Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android
Full support
Yes
| Chrome Android
Full support
Yes
| Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
Yes
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.