Official documentation
SpeechRecognition: continuous property
MDN contributors, MDN Web Docs (Mozilla), 2026
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- What it is
- Mozilla's reference entry for the continuous property of the browser's speech recognition interface. It says whether recognition returns continuous results or a single result, and gives the default.
- How much weight it carries
- MDN is the standard reference for web platform APIs, written and reviewed by browser vendors and contributors. The entry describes the interface, not any particular dictation product, so it does not show which voice typing tools use this setting.
Facts taken from this source
- In the browser speech recognition interface, the continuous setting defaults to false, which means each recognition returns a single result rather than continuous results.
“It defaults to single results ... true means continuous, and false means not continuous (single result each time.)” (Description and Value sections)