An approach towards a native voice control system for the web

Utilizing voice for human-computer interaction is becoming an increasingly popular topic in practice as well as academia. Users value the improved and more natural usability and for people, with certain disabilities, it can be the only way to take part in the modern web-based society. As a result, a solution is needed that enables a seamless interaction with web pages and can be deployed without great effort. Existing solutions do not sufficiently fulfill these requirements as they are often intended for distinctive usage scenarios or are limited in their support of web pages and web browsers. To overcome these disadvantages a novel voice control system for web pages is presented in this paper. The proposed JavaScript-based solution works natively in the web browser and automatically provides access by voice commands to web pages and web applications. In conclusion, possible future research directions and follow-up developments are discussed.