W3C has released Web speech API recently and browsers started supporting. This is going to be interesting as we see lots of oppertunities in this area. Below are some of the key benefits we can think of :
- Talking websites
- Web search – talk to Shopping carts, customer portals and get what you want !
- New way of supporting accessibility – depends on user culture and languages.
- New oppertunities in education and online training portals.
- Little bit of Artificial Intelligence driven portals
And lot more…
References – Sample & Demos
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/speech-api/raw-file/tip/speechapi.html