Is Web Speech API and Google Speech API the same thing?

[c b]

Hello Community,

i try to get fit with Google Speech API (GS-API) and was wanted to lean some Theory and common Info about it.
I already tried Android Examples for ASR and TTS szenarios and i did a Java-Application on WIndows Desktop using the Service hosted by Google [1]

But i´m hard confused, that i wont find some more Info about version history and the theoretic functional of Google Speech API. I mostly get some practical implementation for GS-API in android or java, java script. While i´m searching the Internet "with Google", i find regulary the "Web Speech API".
Based on this i have some question. Perhaps you will sense it as really stupid, but i wantto know :-/

What is Web Speech API (WS-API)?. Some detailed info i found at w3c [2] and the google chrome demo [3]. I have seen that the editor of [2] WS-API are from google inc. So i came on second question.
Is GS-API and WS-API the same thing or not?
If yes, why "everyone" or the general public is talking about GS-API?
What is GS-API then and why i need to join this group to get a key for requesting the service behind [1]?.
This group is called chronium, but when i take a look for chronium i find a free browser project and operating system. Free? isnt it sponsored by google? And where is the context to Speech Api?
Where can i find some more generell and theoretical information about GS-API - e.g. version history, interface documentation, basical functional sequence,


I hope i wont enervate you with my questions and you can help me!

[1] - https://www.google.com/speech-api/v2/recognize
[2] - https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/speech-api/raw-file/tip/webspeechapi.html
[3] - http://updates.html5rocks.com/2013/01/Voice-Driven-Web-Apps-Introduction-to-the-Web-Speech-API

PS: I hope you understand me good enough, english is not my first language :-)

[Jeremy Roman]

The "Google Speech API" is intended for use by Chromium only; it's not for general public use. That is why there is no documentation and no way to get additional quota.

See also https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys, and the many earlier threads about this topic on chromium-dev.

Please use a speech API suitable for your platform (e.g. the Web Speech API on the web, or android.speech on Android).

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[c b]

Ok, i see the Point. I thank you for your answer. Can you tell me something to Web Speech API please.

Is the Web Speech API a Google Product too?
is it only allowed in use with Google Chrome?

[PhistucK]

The Web Speech API is a standard based API, it is simply implemented by Chrome. I think Firefox is also implementing it (or implemented it) and maybe others.

I think you are referring to the implementation itself, which uses the Google Speech API, which has been discussed already.

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[Jeremy Roman]

Googling the Web Speech API will turn up articles explaining it, including the one you link to as [3], and the spec which you found [2].

It is not proprietary to Chrome (even though the spec editors are Google employees), but not all browsers presently support it. See, for instance, http://caniuse.com/#feat=web-speech.

If you want further assistance using this API, this is not the correct mailing list (this mailing list is for developing Chromium itself); you might try sites like Stack Overflow instead.