diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1aad49f..9a90f98 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@
   <body>
 
 <script>
+const SpeechRecognition = window.webkitSpeechRecognition; 
+recognizer = new SpeechRecognition();
+recognizer.interimResults = true;
+recognizer.continuous = true;
+recognizer.lang = 'en-US';
+
+recognizer.onresult = (event) => {
+   let result = event.results[event.resultIndex]
+   if (result.isFinal) {
+	console.log('You said: ' + result[0].transcript + '_END')
+	if ( result[0].transcript == "Add red cube"){
+		// should instead look for syntax e.g ACTION PROPERTY_SHORTCUT ENTITY_TYPE
+			// itself generated from AFrame introspection
+		console.log("recognized command")
+		let el = document.createElement("a-box")
+		el.setAttribute("color", "red")
+		el.setAttribute("target", "")
+		el.setAttribute("scale", ".1 .1 .1")
+		el.setAttribute("position", "0 1.5 -0.4")
+		AFRAME.scenes[0].appendChild( el )
+	}
+   }
+}
+recognizer.start();
+
 var forceXaxis
 // setInterval( _ => console.log(forceXaxis), 1000)
 
