Is there an API for Google's speech recognition technology? [closed]

Question

I want to try creating a jQuery slideshow using simple voice commands like "next" or "previous". Is there a way to use Google's voice recognition? I know about Chrome's x-webkit-speech, but I have to click a button to use it.

I tried MIT's WAMI, but I found it slower and less accurate than Google's speech cognition.

Answer 1

As of today this now exists, for Chrome: http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/hello-browser.html

(api doc)

Answer 2

For an easy way to do this with JavaScript, check out annyang, which is a library that makes dealing with speech recognition super-easy.