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Explainer https://github.com/WICG/translation-api/blob/main/README.md Specification https://webmachinelearning.github.io/translation-api/#language-detector-api Summary A JavaScript API for detecting the language of text, with confidence levels. Blink component Blink>AI>Language Detection <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EAI%3ELanguage%20Detection%22> TAG review https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/948 TAG review status Issues addressed Origin Trial Name Language Detector API Chromium Trial Name LanguageDetectionAPI Origin Trial documentation link https://github.com/WICG/translation-api/blob/main/README.md WebFeature UseCounter name kV8AILanguageDetector_Detect_Method Risks Interoperability and Compatibility This feature, like all built-in AI features, has inherent interoperability risks due to the use of AI models whose behavior is not fully specified. See some general discussion in https://www.w3.org/reports/ai-web-impact/#interop. By providing a high-level API with clear output formats, as well as a capabilities API for detecting what a given browser supports, we believe we can guide web developers toward using the API in an interoperable way that does not depend on the specific models that a given browser or browser version uses. Gecko: No signal (https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1015 ) WebKit: No signal (https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/339) Web developers: Positive (https://github.com/WICG/proposals/issues/147) Other signals: Ergonomics This API will likely frequently be used in concert with the translator API ( https://chromestatus.com/feature/5172811302961152). Our current implementation is tied up with the browser's built-in language detection, which runs on the main thread. Alternative architectures are possible and we're exploring the implications of the current one through the origin trial process. Activation This feature would definitely benefit from having polyfills, backed by any of: cloud services, lazily-loaded on-device models using WebGPU, or the web developer's own server. We anticipate seeing an ecosystem of such polyfills grow as more developers experiment with this API. WebView application risks Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? None Goals for experimentation Reason this experiment is being extended There has been an overhaul to the API shape in the spec that we're currently implementing. We'd like to continue the OT to get feedback on the new API shape once it's ready to evaluate. Ongoing technical constraints None. Debuggability Basic tooling suffices Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)? Yes Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> ? No We hope to work on web platform tests for this feature, but how much we can guarantee as testable beyond the surface API is unclear. For example, since no specific languages are guaranteed to be supported, it's not clear we can actually test language detection. APIs to mock the results might help here. Flag name on about://flags language-detection-api Finch feature name LanguageDetectionAPI Requires code in //chrome? False Measurement kV8LanguageDetector_Detect_Method Estimated milestones Origin trial desktop first 130 Origin trial desktop last 135 Origin trial extension 1 end milestone 138 DevTrial on desktop 129 Origin trial Android first 130 Origin trial Android last 135 DevTrial on Android 129 Origin trial WebView first 130 Origin trial WebView last 135 Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status https://chromestatus.com/feature/6494349985841152?gate=5808544211009536 Links to previous Intent discussions Intent to Prototype: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/Ie46tc6_8so/m/eY1huFmOAAAJ Intent to Experiment: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM0wra-WvH-sxxWndwAWPLF3eEYqeLhXrz-VmZKH4Wxzbpse-Q%40mail.gmail.com This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status <https://chromestatus.com/>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAO4d-SsFc3ucbmasgZmWn4PE_TOMMnWZQCzrL%3DXbbo5tDxMSOg%40mail.gmail.com.
