Is Blink's implementation also on-device or is it using Google's backend (or maybe their JS AI API that goes to Gemini in the backend...?)
On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 7:49 AM 'Paul Adenot' via [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Summary: > This is a _strictly_ on device implementation of the SpeechRecognition > interface. > The speech synthesis counterpart defined in this specification is untouched. > > This can turn audio, directly from the microphone or a same-origin > MediaStreamTrack into timed text, in real-time, with low-latency. > > Bug: > Implementgation: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=webspeechondevice > Activation in Nighly: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2069803 > Shipping: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2072585 > > Specification:https://webaudio.github.io/web-speech-api/#speechreco-section > > Standards Body: > Audio Community Group, to be adopted in the Audio Working Group next charter > (currently being draft) > > Platform Coverage: > All desktop platforms, Android tracked in > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1244242. > It's mostly a question of performance, we want to make sure we can use > hardware > acceleration on mobile. > > Preference:media.webspeech.recognition.enable > > DevTools Bug: > N/A > > Extensions Bug: > N/A > > Use > Counter:https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/search?q=&path=dom%2Fbase%2FUseCounters.conf&case=false®exp=false > > Standards-Positions > Discussion:https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/170 > > Other Browsers: > Blink: Shipped > WebKit: No information > > web-platform-tests: > Complicated. There are some manual tests, but this needs a rather large model > to run. I'm actively investigating. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > [email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/CANWt0Wp5-8UEHVjycJiCmauvKU2ND4my%2B3dA6nuiT7wxvPsKZg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/CANWt0Wp5-8UEHVjycJiCmauvKU2ND4my%2B3dA6nuiT7wxvPsKZg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/CADua4_tBOMYqVXxABtC5AwgLMCgRphVCru%3D0gGyGKYSXzveWMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
