Browser hardware APIs

Web Audio: how DeviceOK analyzes microphone and speaker signals

The Web Audio API provides an audio-processing graph that web applications can use for analysis and synthesis inside the browser.

Why it matters

How this changes a diagnosis

It lets DeviceOK build live level, waveform, spectrum, tone and channel tests without sending the raw microphone stream to a server.

Key points

What to remember

  • Relative browser measurements are useful diagnostics but are not calibrated sound-pressure-level measurements.
  • Generated test tones should be played at safe listening levels.
  • Audio routing outside the browser can still affect other applications differently.
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