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SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent interface of the Web Speech API represents error messages from the recognition service.

Event SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent

Instance properties

SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent also inherits properties from its parent interface, Event.

SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent.error Read only

Returns the type of error raised.

SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent.message Read only

Returns a message describing the error in more detail.

Examples

const recognition = new SpeechRecognition();

recognition.onerror = (event) => {
  console.log(`Speech recognition error detected: ${event.error}`);
  console.log(`Additional information: ${event.message}`);
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent 13933 13979 No 12320 14.1 13933 No 9120 14.5 2.0 1394.4.3 14.5
SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent 13933 13979 No 12320 14.1 13933 No 9120 14.5 2.0 1394.4.3 14.5
error 77 79 No 64 14.1 77 No 55 14.5 12.0 77 14.5
message 77 79 No 64 14.1 77 No 55 14.5 12.0 77 14.5

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent