@mastashake08/speech-kit v2.0.8

Speech Kit

Simplifying the Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition engines for Javascript. Listen for commands and perform callback actions, make the browser speak and transcribe your speech!

Features

• Speak Commands
• Listen for voice commands
• Add your own grammar
• Transcribe words and output as file.
• Generate SSML from text for fine tune editing.

Functions

listen()

Start listening for speech recognition.

Kind: global function

stopListen()

Stop listening for speech recognition.

Kind: global function

speak(text, voice)

Use Speech Synthesis to speak text.

Kind: global function

getResultList() ⇒ SpeechRecognitionResultList

Get current SpeechRecognition resultsList.

Kind: global function
Returns: SpeechRecognitionResultList - - List of Speech Recognition results

getText() ⇒ string

Return text

Kind: global function
Returns: string - resultList as text string

getTextAsFile() ⇒ Blob

Return text file with results.

Kind: global function
Returns: Blob - transcript

getTextAsJson() ⇒ object

Return text as JSON.

Kind: global function
Returns: object - transcript

addGrammarFromUri()

Add grammar to the SpeechGrammarList from a URI.

Kind: global function
Params: string uri - URI that contains grammar

addGrammarFromString()

Add grammar to the SpeechGrammarList from a Grammar String.

Kind: global function
Params: string grammar - String containing grammar

getGrammarList() ⇒ SpeechGrammarList

Return current SpeechGrammarList.

Kind: global function
Returns: SpeechGrammarList - current SpeechGrammarList object

getRecognition() ⇒ SpeechRecognition

Return the urrent SpeechRecognition object.

Kind: global function
Returns: SpeechRecognition - current SpeechRecognition object

getSynth() ⇒ SpeechSynthesis

Return the current Speech Synthesis object.

Kind: global function
Returns: SpeechSynthesis - current instance of Speech Synthesis object

getVoices() ⇒ Array.<SpeechSynthesisVoice>

Return the current voices available to the user.

Kind: global function
Returns: Array.<SpeechSynthesisVoice> - Array of available Speech Synthesis Voices

setSpeechText()

Set the SpeechSynthesisUtterance object with the text that is meant to be spoken.

Kind: global function
Params: string text - Text to be spoken

setSpeechVoice()

Set the SpeechSynthesisVoice object with the desired voice.

Kind: global function
Params: SpeechSynthesisVoice voice - Voice to be spoken

getCurrentVoice() ⇒ SpeechSynthesisVoice

Return the current voice being used in the utterance.

Kind: global function
Returns: SpeechSynthesisVoice - current voice

share() ⇒ null

Share the text using the Web Share API or copy to Clipboard if not available

Kind: global function

createSSML() ⇒ string

Takes text and returns SSML encoded XML object

Kind: global function
Returns: string - - XML DOM object in SSML format serialized to a string
Params: string - Text to convert

parseSentenceSSML() ⇒ string

Takes sentence and returns SSML paragraph object with sentences.

Kind: global function
Returns: string - xmlString - XML DOM object in SSML format
Params: string xmlString - Text to convert

parseSSML() ⇒ object | string

Takes text and returns SSML object

Kind: global function
Returns: object | string - xmlDoc - XML DOM object in SSML format or XML object serialized to string
Params: string xmlString - Text to convert

Contributing

If you want to add functionality or fix a bug please provide a PR!

Sponsorships

This project is free for public use and will always be in perpetuity. That being said a brotha got bills to pay and ish! If you would like to sponsor this and all of my open source projects, then please consider becoming a patron on Patreon or a one time donation via Cash App