Re: stabilityThreshold attribute

If there's no disagreement, I'll add this to the spec on Tuesday...

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Glen Shires <gshires@google.com> wrote:

> For JavaScript authors that do not make use of interim results, or only
> want to show fewer and more stable interim results, the following
> stabilityThreshold would allow the author to request this, which reduces
> the bandwidth usage and the events fired (and thus also reduces compute and
> power).  In addition, the stability attribute returned with interim results
> would allow authors to process results according to their estimated
> stability. For example, an author might choose to display final results in
> black, fairly stable results in dark grey, and not very stable results in
> light grey.
>
> I propose the following:
>
> Add to IDL for SpeechRecognitionResult
>     readonly attribute float stability;
>
> Add to 5.1.6 Speech Recognition Result definitions
>
> stability
>   The stability represents a numeric estimate between 0.0 and 1.0 of how
> likely the recognition system is to change this interim result. A higher
> number indicates the result is less likely to change.  This attribute is
> not defined when the "final" attribute is true.
>
> Add to IDL for SpeechRecognition (the top level)
>     attribute float stabilityThreshold;
>
> Add to 5.1.1 Speech Recognition Attributes definitions:
>
>  stabilityThreshold
>   This attribute controls how many interim results are returned. When set
> to the value of 1.0, no interim results (only final results) will be
> returned.  When set to 0.0, all interim results will be returned. Valid
> values are in the range of 0.0 to 1.0 inclusive. The default value is 1.0.
>
> /Glen Shires
>