Fact · Dictation in your apps
When speech recognition fails because a network connection it needs is missing, the page receives the network error code.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“network Network communication required for completing the recognition failed.”
SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent: error property, MDN Web Docs (Mozilla), 2026, error values list.
Open the original- What it measures
- MDN lists the error values a SpeechRecognitionErrorEvent can carry, and this is the code for a failed network step.
- What it does not show
- The code says a network step failed. It does not say which service was contacted.
Source
Cited on
- Speech to Text in Chrome: Built-in Options and ExtensionsGuide
- Web Speech API: Speech Recognition in the BrowserGuide
- How do you add speech recognition to a website with JavaScript?Question
- Why does speech recognition show a network or not-allowed error?Question
- Why is dictation not working in Chrome?Question