Future Internet Experience: A Voice-Enabled Web Navigation System for Hands-Free Browsing
Keshav Kumar
RDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
Royal Verma
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
📌 DOI: https://doi.org/10.63920/tjths.52041
🔑 Keywords: IVoice-based Interaction; Web Accessibility; Chrome Extension; Speech Recognition; Human–Computer Interaction; Assistive Browsing Technologies
📅 Publication Date: 04 June 2026
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Abstract:
The growing complexity of online platforms, the challenge of providing flexible, voice-centered control interfaces becomes all the more essential, especially for those users with mobility impairments or those working in hands-busy scenarios. This work presents Future Internet Experience, a voice-activated Chrome extension for hands-free browsing. The system runs entirely on the browser, making use of the Web Speech API for local, on-device speech recognition, and a rule-based parser that translates voice commands into action on the DOM (Document Object Model). To assist users with the problem of enhancing page navigation on busy (or interactive) pages, the system dynamically analyzes the underlying DOM and assigns attention management heuristics, such as infrared beacons. Thus, the system allows users to direct the computer to enable action via commands such as 'click on the fourth element.'An option we have is a Flask-based logging module, which we made for non-intrusive analytics in evaluation and iteration. We did a set of experiments across many different popular sites, which showed very strong recognition accuracy, consistent response times, and high compatibility with current web layouts. The results of which put forth that our approach is a very effective and practical solution toward accessible, voice-based web interaction, which doesn't use commercial cloud speech services
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Keshav K. and Royal V.(2026). Future Internet Experience: A Voice-Enabled Web Navigation System for Hands-Free Browsing. TEJAS J. Technol. Humanit. Sci.,, Vol. 05, Issue 02. https://doi.org/10.63920/tjths.52041
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