[w3ctag/design-reviews] WG New Spec: Web Speech API contextual biasing (Issue #1121)

evanbliu created an issue (w3ctag/design-reviews#1121)

### Specification

https://webaudio.github.io/web-speech-api/

### Explainer

https://github.com/WebAudio/web-speech-api/blob/main/explainers/contextual-biasing.md

### Links

- The WG's request for this TAG review: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/FAoeEf5hcTg/m/i7dhAtPoBwAJ
- Previous early design review, if any: https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/####
- A description of the problems that end-users were facing before this proposal: https://github.com/WebAudio/web-speech-api/blob/main/explainers/contextual-biasing.md
- Web Platform Tests:  https://wpt.fyi/results/speech-api?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
- Design doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CBH4r6rxSryY28hOhBQC-DZgjwWbO-FRYg_bbJIfBFo

### The specification

- [x] Follows the [Web Platform Design Principles](https://www.w3.org/TR/design-principles/).
- [x] Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the [Security/Privacy Questionnaire](https://www.w3.org/TR/security-privacy-questionnaire/).

### Where and by whom is the work is being done?

- GitHub repo: https://github.com/WebAudio/web-speech-api/
- Primary contacts:
  - yrw@google.com, spec change collaborator
  - evliu@google.com, spec change collaborator
  - padenot@mozilla.com, spec change collaborator
- Organization/project driving the specification: Chromium
- Primary standards group developing this feature: Audio Working Group
- Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
   Original spec change PR: https://github.com/WebAudio/web-speech-api/pull/145
   Spec update PR: https://github.com/WebAudio/web-speech-api/pull/169



### Feedback so far

- Multi-stakeholder feedback:
  - Mozilla comments: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1255
  - WebKit comments: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/517
- Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification: N/A
- Status/issue trackers for implementations: https://chromestatus.com/feature/5225615177023488

### You should also know that...

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