What is the alternative for the Web Speech API?
For years Chrome has been the browser we have relied upon for the "Speak The Words" content type.
Since Chrome 139 (August 2025), however, Chrome has been moving towards on-device speech recognition. In the latest release, Chrome 160, even the Web Speech API demo at https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html is no longer working on my Windows 10 laptop. When pressing the microphone button on the page, it appears to be listening but does not process any microphone input.