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Copper Contributor

Jan 13, 2020

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Web Speech API support ?

Currently Edge (81.0.381.0) is behaving strange when using the Web Speech API for speech recognition. The interface exists, but does not work AND does not throw any error. Here is a quick code examp...

GurpreetV
Feb 12, 2020
florianSB thanks for reporting this issue. We are aware of this and are working to wire up Speech recognition in the upcoming future versions of Edge for our customers. Once this feature is out in Canary, I will let you know so you can try it out.

Anonymous

Feb 10, 2020

florianSB Thanks for reaching out and letting us know. I'll pass this along to our Accessibility Team (unless you've noticed a change since originally posting this) and will let you know if/when they have any additional thoughts.

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

caresrg
Copper Contributor
May 28, 2020
Deleted It's not just an accessibility issue. Duolingo requires the Web Speech API to make the mic usable on their website. It's the only reason I still use Chrome. I'd drop it in a heartbeat if Microsoft made Edge work with that site.