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Honkling: In-Browser Personalization for Ubiquitous Keyword Spotting

1 Nov 2019IJCNLP 2019 11archive 2025-07-28

Jaejun Lee, Raphael Tang, Jimmy Lin

Used for simple commands recognition on devices from smart speakers to mobile phones, keyword spotting systems are everywhere. Ubiquitous as well are web applications, which have grown in popularity and complexity over the last decade. However, despite their obvious advantages in natural language interaction, voice-enabled web applications are still few and far between. We attempt to bridge this gap with Honkling, a novel, JavaScript-based keyword spotting system. Purely client-side and cross-device compatible, Honkling can be deployed directly on user devices. Our in-browser implementation enables seamless personalization, which can greatly improve model quality; in the presence of underrepresented, non-American user accents, we can achieve up to an absolute 10{\%} increase in accuracy in the personalized model with only a few examples.

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