SpeechRecognitionPhrase: phrase property

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The phrase read-only property of the SpeechRecognitionPhrase interface returns a string containing the word or phrase you want boosted in the recognition engine's contextual bias.

Value

A string.

Examples

Basic usage

The SpeechRecognition.phrases property holds an array of SpeechRecognitionPhrase objects representing contextual biasing phrases. This array can be modified just like a normal JavaScript array, for example by pushing new phrases to it dynamically:

js
recognition.phrases.push(new SpeechRecognitionPhrase("thistle", 5.0));

You can then access these objects and their properties like so. To return the phrase value of the added phrase, you could do this:

js
// Should return "thistle"
recognition.phrases[0].phrase;

Specifications

Specification
Web Speech API
# dom-speechrecognitionphrase-phrase

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
phrase
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 142 (Release date: 2025-10-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 126 (Release date: 2026-01-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also