speech

@cycle-robot-drivers/speech

Cycle.js drivers and action components for speech synthesis and recognition using Web Speech API.

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Note that this package was tested with Chrome browser (>= 65.0.3325.181) only.

API

SpeechRecognitionAction(sources)

Web Speech API's SpeechRecognition action component.

Params:

• sources
  • goal: a stream SpeechRecognition properties.
  • cancel: a stream of GoalID.
  • SpeechSynthesis: EventSource for start, end, error, result events.

Return:

• sinks
  • state: a reducer stream.
  • output: a stream for the SpeechRecognition driver input.
  • result: a stream of action results. result.result is a transcript from the recognition; it will be '' for non-speech inputs.

SpeechSynthesisAction(sources)

Web Speech API's SpeechSynthesis action component.

Params:

• sources
  • goal: a stream of SpeechSynthesisUtterance properties.
  • cancel: a stream of GoalID.
  • SpeechSynthesis: EventSource for start and end events.

Return:

• sinks
  • state: a reducer stream.
  • status: a stream of action status.
  • result: a stream of action results. result.result is always null.
  • SpeechSynthesis: a stream for the SpeechSynthesis driver input.

makeSpeechRecognitionDriver()

Web Speech API's SpeechRecognition driver factory.

Return:

• Driver the SpeechRecognition Cycle.js driver function. It takes a stream of objects containing SpeechRecognition properties and returns a EventSource:

  • EventSource.events(eventName) returns a stream of eventName events from SpeechRecognition.

makeSpeechSynthesisDriver()

Web Speech API's SpeechSynthesis driver factory.

Return:

• Driver the SpeechSynthesis Cycle.js driver function. It takes a stream of objects containing SpeechSynthesisUtterance properties and returns a EventSource:

  • EventSource.events(eventName) returns a stream of eventName events from SpeechSynthesisUtterance.