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7/17/2026

Voice-First UX: Building the React Frontend and Web Speech Integration for BizBoost AI
Short summary
The author details building BizBoost AI, a voice-first React frontend using the native Web Speech API for Hindi speech recognition, designed for Indian shopkeepers. The app captures spoken Hindi, sends transcripts to a serverless AWS backend (Lambda + Bedrock), and returns bilingual product descriptions for WhatsApp sharing. Includes a custom React hook for speech-to-text and an architecture overview.
- •Built BizBoost AI with React Web Speech API for Hindi voice input targeting Indian merchants
- •Custom useSpeechToText hook captures hi-IN transcripts at zero cost using browser-native APIs
- •Serverless backend on AWS Lambda + Amazon Bedrock generates bilingual product descriptions
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