Official documentation
SpeechRecognizer (Android Developers reference)
Google LLC, n.d.
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- What it is
- Google's Android developer reference for SpeechRecognizer, the class an app uses to access the system speech recognition service. It warns that the implementation is likely to stream audio to remote servers, and lists the on-device availability check and factory method.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Android API reference, the primary source for the class. It describes what the methods do, not how a particular phone or language behaves, so test on the devices you support.
Facts taken from this source
- Android's SpeechRecognizer reference says that isOnDeviceRecognitionAvailable checks whether an on-device speech recognition service is available on the system.
“Checks whether an on-device speech recognition service is available on the system.” (Methods)
- Android's SpeechRecognizer reference says that the implementation of the API is likely to stream audio to remote servers to perform speech recognition.
“The implementation of this API is likely to stream audio to remote servers to perform speech recognition.” (Class overview)