谷歌（Google）最新的浏览器Chrome 11 Beta版能理解你说的话。谷歌并未依靠Java插件或Flash工具实现此功能。所有功能都是用HTML 5里一种名为语音输入API（应用程序接口——译注）的工具完成的。

    今天，我们更新了Chrome beta频道。我们提供了一系列新功能，尤其对于网页开发者而言。我们借助HTML语音孵化实验室最新出炉的成果，为Chrome增加了对HTML5语音输入API的支持。开发者能利用该API，为网络应用程序添加语音转换功能，将用户的语音转换成文字。如果一个网页具备此功能，那么你只需点击网页上的按钮，然后对准自己计算机的麦克风说话。你所输入的语音会被传送到语音服务器上进行转换，最后你就能在屏幕上看到转换而成的文字了。你现在就能在HTML5的相关网站上亲自体验一把。今天发布的Chrome 11 Beta还能让大家提前一睹GPU（图形处理器）加速的3D CSS（层叠样式表）。开发者可借助该功能，让使用CSS技术的网页内容呈现出更流畅的3D效果。

    语音对于浏览器的意义相当重大。谷歌能为谷歌文档（Google Docs）添加语音识别引擎，将用户的语音作为文本输入源。同时，网络应用程序也能使用语音识别技术，这对于汽车驾驶员是巨大的福音。该技术同样还能造福于盲人。

    你无需使用beta版的Chrome就能体验语音识别功能，谷歌已向用户提供了语音识别搜索插件。

    译者：项航

    Google's (GOOG) newest browser, Chrome 11 Beta, has the ability to understand the spoken word. This isn't just a Java Plugin or Flash tool either. This is all done in HTML5 with something called the HTML5 speech input API.

    Today, we're updating the Chrome beta channel with a couple of new capabilities, especially for web developers. Fresh from the work that we've been doing with the HTML Speech Incubator Group, we've added support for the HTML5 speech input API. With this API, developers can give web apps the ability to transcribe your voice to text. When a web page uses this feature, you simply click on an icon and then speak into your computer's microphone. The recorded audio is sent to speech servers for transcription, after which the text is typed out for you. Try it out yourself in this little demo. Today's beta release also offers a sneak peek of GPU-accelerated 3D CSS, which allows developers to apply slick 3D effects to web page content using CSS.

    Speech is a pretty big deal in browsers. Google could add a speech recognition engine to Google Docs that would allow speech to become the source of text input. Also, web apps that could be used while driving would be a great use for speech recognition and could do wonders for the blind as well.

    You can currently do voice recognition without using a beta with Chrome's Voice Recognition search extension as well.