Audio Community Group - Activity

Past meetings

• 2 meetings.

  • 20 October 2026

    W3C Audio WG/CG Teleconference (Paris), 20 October 2026. Minutes.

  • 8 October 2026

    W3C Audio WG/CG Teleconference (California), 8 October 2026. Minutes.

GitHub

WebAudio/web-speech-api

• 4 issues closed.

  • 21 October 2026

    Add SpeechRecognitionResult Timestamps WebAudio/web-speech-api#191, by @alan33d.

  • 15 October 2026

    Rename AvailabilityStatus to SpeechRecognitionAvailabilityStatus? WebAudio/web-speech-api#177.

  • 14 October 2026

    What happens if the languages are empty in `install()` or `available()` WebAudio/web-speech-api#174.

  • 13 October 2026

    SpeechRecognitionResult and SpeechRecognitionResultList item() method needs to return a nullable WebAudio/web-speech-api#178.

• 1 pull request opened.

  • 20 October 2026

    Add explainer for speech recognition on AudioData WebAudio/web-speech-api#216, by @padenot.

• 5 pull requests merged.

  • 21 October 2026

    Update SpeechRecognitionResult with speech timing attributes WebAudio/web-speech-api#192, by @alan33d.

  • 15 October 2026

    Rename AvailabilityStatus to SpeechRecognitionAvailabilityStatus WebAudio/web-speech-api#180.

  • 14 October 2026

    Update explainer with spec changes WebAudio/web-speech-api#159.

  • 14 October 2026

    Add explicit step for empty langs in install() algorithm WebAudio/web-speech-api#181.

  • 13 October 2026

    SpeechRecognitionResult and SpeechRecognitionResultList item() method needs to return a nullable WebAudio/web-speech-api#179.

• 1 pull request closed.

  • 14 October 2026

    Allow null for return values of getters, matching proses WebAudio/web-speech-api#88.

• 5 pull requests received 19 new comments.

  • Latest comment 19 October 2026

    Add privacy and security mitigations to the Web Speech API WebAudio/web-speech-api#165 (10 comments by @evanbliu, @hoch, @padenot)

  • Latest comment 21 October 2026

    Update SpeechRecognitionResult with speech timing attributes WebAudio/web-speech-api#192 (6 comments by @alan33d, @padenot)

  • 14 October 2026

    Update explainer with spec changes WebAudio/web-speech-api#159 (1 comment by @padenot)

  • 14 October 2026

    Allow null for return values of getters, matching proses WebAudio/web-speech-api#88 (1 comment by @padenot)

  • 14 October 2026

    Rename AvailabilityStatus to SpeechRecognitionAvailabilityStatus WebAudio/web-speech-api#180 (1 comment by @padenot)

Past meetings

• 2 meetings.

  • 15 September 2026

    W3C Audio WG/CG Teleconference (Paris), 15 September 2026. Minutes.

  • 10 September 2026

    W3C Audio WG/CG Teleconference (California), 10 September 2026. Minutes.

GitHub

WebAudio/web-speech-api

• 5 issues opened.

  • 17 September 2026

    `SpeechGrammarList.addFromURI` is implemented as `SpeechGrammarList.addFromUri` in Chrome WebAudio/web-speech-api#214, by @padenot.

  • 16 September 2026

    The timestamp of various events is under-specified, and not implemented per spec in shipped implementations WebAudio/web-speech-api#213, by @padenot.

  • 8 September 2026

    Falling back to the document language isn't precise WebAudio/web-speech-api#211, by @padenot.

  • 1 September 2026

    What happens if the language isn't specified when using SpeechRecognition, and how to recognized multiple languages WebAudio/web-speech-api#208, by @padenot.

  • 1 September 2026

    SpeechRecognition.start() (microphone version) should require policy WebAudio/web-speech-api#207, by @padenot.

• 1 issue closed.

  • 18 September 2026

    `SpeechGrammarList.addFromURI` is implemented as `SpeechGrammarList.addFromUri` in Chrome WebAudio/web-speech-api#214.

• 5 pull requests opened.

  • 17 September 2026

    Change SpeechGrammarList.addFromURI to Uri to match the sole implementation WebAudio/web-speech-api#215, by @padenot.

  • 8 September 2026

    Make SpeechGrammarList.item() nullable. WebAudio/web-speech-api#212, by @padenot.

  • 3 September 2026

    Merge SpeechRecognitionResult Timestamps Explainer updates WebAudio/web-speech-api#210, by @alan33d.

  • 3 September 2026

    merge from main WebAudio/web-speech-api#209, by @alan33d.

  • 1 September 2026

    Update speech recognition result timestamps explainer WebAudio/web-speech-api#206, by @alan33d.

• 4 pull requests merged.

  • 18 September 2026

    Change SpeechGrammarList.addFromURI to Uri to match the sole implementation WebAudio/web-speech-api#215.

  • 9 September 2026

    Make SpeechGrammarList.item() nullable. WebAudio/web-speech-api#212.

  • 4 September 2026

    Merge SpeechRecognitionResult Timestamps Explainer updates WebAudio/web-speech-api#210.

  • 3 September 2026

    Update speech recognition result timestamps explainer WebAudio/web-speech-api#206.

• 1 pull request closed.

  • 3 September 2026

    merge from main WebAudio/web-speech-api#209.

• 3 pull requests received 25 new comments.

  • Latest comment 22 September 2026

    Update SpeechRecognitionResult with speech timing attributes WebAudio/web-speech-api#192 (16 comments by @alan33d, @hoch, @padenot)

  • Latest comment 11 September 2026

    Add privacy and security mitigations to the Web Speech API WebAudio/web-speech-api#165 (6 comments by @hoch)

  • Latest comment 8 September 2026

    Make SpeechGrammarList.item() nullable. WebAudio/web-speech-api#212 (3 comments by @hoch, @padenot)

Past meetings

• 2 meetings.

  • 18 August 2026

    W3C Audio WG/CG Teleconference (Paris), 18 August 2026. Minutes.

  • 13 August 2026

    W3C Audio WG/CG Teleconference (California), 13 August 2026. Minutes.

Participants

• 1 participant joined.

  • 8 August 2026

    Gaurang Tandon joined.

GitHub

WebAudio/web-speech-api

• 3 issues opened.

  • 13 August 2026

    Request to add SpeechRecognition processRemotely option WebAudio/web-speech-api#204, by @GaurangTandon.

  • 11 August 2026

    SpeechRecognition install/available: activation requirements WebAudio/web-speech-api#202, by @padenot.

  • 6 August 2026

    install() algorithm blocks main thread WebAudio/web-speech-api#199, by @jan-ivar.

• 2 issues closed.

  • 18 August 2026

    Request to add SpeechRecognition processRemotely option WebAudio/web-speech-api#204.

  • 10 August 2026

    install() algorithm blocks main thread WebAudio/web-speech-api#199.

• 4 issues received 8 new comments.

  • Latest comment 18 August 2026

    Request to add SpeechRecognition processRemotely option WebAudio/web-speech-api#204 (5 comments by @GaurangTandon, @padenot)

  • 21 August 2026

    Add SpeechRecognitionResult Timestamps WebAudio/web-speech-api#191 (1 comment by @alan33d)

  • 10 August 2026

    Why is SpeechRecognition not working correctly in Safari? WebAudio/web-speech-api#96 (1 comment by @Swheele)

  • 6 August 2026

    install() algorithm blocks main thread WebAudio/web-speech-api#199 (1 comment by @padenot)
• 3 pull requests opened.

  • 20 August 2026

    Expand on limitations of existing speech recognition events in Alternatives and refactor Timestamps to use Seconds WebAudio/web-speech-api#205, by @alan33d.

  • 12 August 2026

    Update audioStartTime and audioEndTime to be relative to start of aud… WebAudio/web-speech-api#203, by @alan33d.

  • 6 August 2026

    Run install() downloads in parallel instead of blocking the main thread. WebAudio/web-speech-api#200, by @padenot.

• 3 pull requests merged.

  • 21 August 2026

    Expand on limitations of existing speech recognition events in Alternatives and refactor Timestamps to use Seconds WebAudio/web-speech-api#205.

  • 13 August 2026

    Update audioStartTime and audioEndTime to be relative to start of aud… WebAudio/web-speech-api#203.

  • 10 August 2026

    Run install() downloads in parallel instead of blocking the main thread. WebAudio/web-speech-api#200.

• 4 pull requests received 15 new comments.

  • Latest comment 24 August 2026

    Update SpeechRecognitionResult with speech timing attributes WebAudio/web-speech-api#192 (7 comments by @alan33d, @evanbliu, @padenot)

  • Latest comment 13 August 2026

    Update audioStartTime and audioEndTime to be relative to start of aud… WebAudio/web-speech-api#203 (4 comments by @alan33d, @michaelwasserman, @reillyeon)

  • Latest comment 25 August 2026

    Add privacy and security mitigations to the Web Speech API WebAudio/web-speech-api#165 (3 comments by @hoch)

  • 6 August 2026

    Run install() downloads in parallel instead of blocking the main thread. WebAudio/web-speech-api#200 (1 comment by @padenot)