var grammar = '#JSGF V1.0; grammar colors; public <color> = aqua | azure | beige | bisque | black | blue | brown | chocolate | coral | crimson | cyan | fuchsia | ghostwhite | gold | goldenrod | gray | green | indigo | ivory | khaki | lavender | lime | linen | magenta | maroon | moccasin | navy | olive | orange | orchid | peru | pink | plum | purple | red | salmon | sienna | silver | snow | tan | teal | thistle | tomato | turquoise | violet | white | yellow ;' var recognition = new SpeechRecognition(); var speechRecognitionList = new SpeechGrammarList(); speechRecognitionList.addFromString(grammar, 1); recognition.grammars = speechRecognitionList; //recognition.continuous = false; recognition.lang = 'en-US'; recognition.interimResults = false; recognition.maxAlternatives = 1; var diagnostic = document.querySelector('.output'); var bg = document.querySelector('html'); document.body.onclick = function() { recognition.start(); console.log('Ready to receive a color command.'); } recognition.onresult = function(event) { var color = event.results[0][0].transcript; diagnostic.textContent = 'Result received: ' + color; bg.style.backgroundColor = color; }