[Plugin] Hotword Plugin Free

[oem42]

So now that snowboy is gone is there a way to train a new wakeword?

 

[Humpie]

So now that snowboy is gone is there a way to train a new wakeword?

Yes, you can follow the tutorial at https://github.com/seasalt-ai/snowboy if you're handy enough. Otherwise I'll probably build in the training into hotword plugin myself in a while, but I currently have a lot of exams and deadlines for university, so that will take some weeks.

 

[oem42]

Yes, you can follow the tutorial at https://github.com/seasalt-ai/snowboy if you're handy enough. Otherwise I'll probably build in the training into hotword plugin myself in a while, but I currently have a lot of exams and deadlines for university, so that will take some weeks.

Sadly im on windows and pretty new to coding.. so guess ill have to wait.. good luck with your exams

 

[Humpie]

I've been looking into ways to train new hotwords yourself and published a simple website (created by rhasspy) to do so: snowboy.jolanrensen.nl (if the url doesn't work yet, hotwordplugin-image-kmpzomnrva-uc.a.run.app should. The DNS is still updating or whatever).

From my experience the results are not very good however... Even with like 10 samples, which makes sense, since the original Snowboy website had thousands of samples. So, hopefully someone has the time (and money) to host something similar to what Snowboy had before. If all works well for a couple of days,
I'll add a link to my new website in the Hotword Plugin app as well, but I hoped the results would be better...
(Remember there are still some fully trained samples at Github)

 

[QuiXilver777]

I've been looking into ways to train new hotwords yourself and published a simple website (created by rhasspy) to do so: snowboy.jolanrensen.nl (if the url doesn't work yet, hotwordplugin-image-kmpzomnrva-uc.a.run.app should. The DNS is still updating or whatever).

From my experience the results are not very good however... Even with like 10 samples, which makes sense, since the original Snowboy website had thousands of samples. So, hopefully someone has the time (and money) to host something similar to what Snowboy had before. If all works well for a couple of days,
I'll add a link to my new website in the Hotword Plugin app as well, but I hoped the results would be better...
(Remember there are still some fully trained samples at Github)

The website worked perfectly for me, thanks a ton! I was worried I'd have to make a Linux computer and learn how to code better, I'll probably do that eventually anyway, but now I can spend my time on other more fun things.

The reason I wanted to make my own model was because I have a Galaxy Note 20 and I hated how the wake phrase for Bixby was "Hi Bixby", that is so not natural to say. So I just made a model with "Hey Bixby" instead. So now I'm going to have the plug-in listen for that and trigger Bixby to listen when I say it using Tasker. Oh how beautiful Tasker is.

My next bigg'ish project is to make an app for the Galaxy Watchs like TaskS2 but have it actually work, and be cooler in the process, but that's probably going to take me a few weeks, especially since I need to learn how to make an app like that first. I like Tasker.

I love the app Humpie, great job, I might have some questions for you later if you'll indulge me.

 

[QuiXilver777]

OK, so I can't figure out how to make Bixby start listening. If I simulate the Bixby key press it doesn't continue to listen and I don't know how the phone would know when to stop pressing the button if I have it continuously press the button. I was thinking that I could open the Bixby Voice app with one of its sub-activities, but it says Tasker doesn't have permission. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Humpie]

OK, so I can't figure out how to make Bixby start listening. If I simulate the Bixby key press it doesn't continue to listen and I don't know how the phone would know when to stop pressing the button if I have it continuously press the button. I was thinking that I could open the Bixby Voice app with one of its sub-activities, but it says Tasker doesn't have permission. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I don't have experience with bixby (since I don't use samsung devices) but maybe the "voice search" action in Tasker can do the trick?

 

[QuiXilver777]

I don't have experience with bixby (since I don't use samsung devices) but maybe the "voice search" action in Tasker can do the trick?

Worked great, thanks. There are so many features and options in Tasker that I'll probably never get through them all, especially with constant updates, not that I'm complaining .

 

[QuiXilver777]

Is it possible to add a headset mic, Bluetooth or wired, as an audio source to have the app listen to?

 

[Humpie]

Is it possible to add a headset mic, Bluetooth or wired, as an audio source to have the app listen to?

I think so! The audio source option lists all the possible audio sources given by the android system, so if your device detects the microphone, of the sources should be the mic you're looking for.

 

[QuiXilver777]

I think so! The audio source option lists all the possible audio sources given by the android system, so if your device detects the microphone, of the sources should be the mic you're looking for.

What would it be called? I get the same options whether my headphones are connected or not.

 

[Humpie]

What would it be called? I get the same options whether my headphones are connected or not.

I don't know, I think maybe one of the voice ones. Like I said, I just took all of them from the android sdk and listed them in the settings.
Maybe there's an app on the Play store to test all mic types on your device

 

[QuiXilver777]

I don't know, I think maybe one of the voice ones. Like I said, I just took all of them from the android sdk and listed them in the settings.
Maybe there's an app on the Play store to test all mic types on your device

Interesting idea, I'll check, thanks for the effort(that's not sarcasm, I'm sincere)

 

[QuiXilver777]

I tried every mic and none were the headphones. I went into another room and said the hotword, making sure it worked first by saying it next to my phone. Some mics didn't work at all, it said it couldn't get microphone access from the background, while the app was in the foreground. The same kinda thing happened with an app I used to test the microphones like you suggested. Are certain mics off limits to regular apps?

 

[Humpie]

I tried every mic and none were the headphones. I went into another room and said the hotword, making sure it worked first by saying it next to my phone. Some mics didn't work at all, it said it couldn't get microphone access from the background, while the app was in the foreground. The same kinda thing happened with an app I used to test the microphones like you suggested. Are certain mics off limits to regular apps?

I think if the microphone type selected is unavailable it will respond with that message (usually this is when the app is in the background and it tries to access the mic, hence the message). These are all the types available to me: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder.AudioSource

 

[QuiXilver777]

I think if the microphone type selected is unavailable it will respond with that message (usually this is when the app is in the background and it tries to access the mic, hence the message). These are all the types available to me: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder.AudioSource

So I read this,
"VOICE_CALL

Voice call uplink + downlink audio source

Capturing from VOICE_CALL source requires the Manifest.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT permissio n."

Does that mean I can give that permission to the Hotword Detection app with an ADB command and it will have access to that audio source?

 

[Humpie]

So I read this,
"VOICE_CALL

Voice call uplink + downlink audio source

Capturing from VOICE_CALL source requires the Manifest.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT permissio n."

Does that mean I can give that permission to the Hotword Detection app with an ADB command and it will have access to that audio source?

Oh I think this mic is actually for voice call recording... And that permission apparently is not for 3rd party apps according to Android Developers. So, I don't think that one would so the trick (and I might actually remove it since it requires a permission my app cannot ask for lol)

 

[QuiXilver777]

Oh I think this mic is actually for voice call recording... And that permission apparently is not for 3rd party apps according to Android Developers. So, I don't think that one would so the trick (and I might actually remove it since it requires a permission my app cannot ask for lol)

So I can't just give it permission with an ADB command?

 

[Humpie]

So I can't just give it permission with an ADB command?

No, the app needs to specify which permissions it wants. But apparently the voice mic sources are for call recording anyways, so they're not useful. So "Default", "Mic", "Unprocessed", and "Camcorder" are the ones to try. If none of those work I'm afraid you're out of luck. I did get it to work once with a usb microphone however, but I never tried it via bluetooth. I think bluetooth requires hooking into a call-service or something, so make sure it connects to it like a headset. Not something that's currently present in the app or that I have the time for at the moment to figure out if it's even possible with the Snowboy hotword recognition etc.
Might look at it in the future though

 

[QuiXilver777]

No, the app needs to specify which permissions it wants. But apparently the voice mic sources are for call recording anyways, so they're not useful. So "Default", "Mic", "Unprocessed", and "Camcorder" are the ones to try. If none of those work I'm afraid you're out of luck. I did get it to work once with a usb microphone however, but I never tried it via bluetooth. I think bluetooth requires hooking into a call-service or something, so make sure it connects to it like a headset. Not something that's currently present in the app or that I have the time for at the moment to figure out if it's even possible with the Snowboy hotword recognition etc.
Might look at it in the future though

You might be able to access it apart from the hotword recognition and just relay it to the hotword recognizer, kinda like the app Buttons for Alexa. I haven't gotten too far into learning coding or making apps, although I'll get to it soon, so if this is irrelevant information then just ignore me. Either way I hope you can find time to figure that out, I wanted to trigger Tasker tasks while away from my phone, and maybe mess with some external microphones attached to one of my spare phones so I can trigger tasks from anywhere. Anyway, I have a lot of ideas that will probably never happen, but it's fun to imagine them anyway.