Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Voice Control using IBM's Watson
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First - Thanks for taking the time to give it a look over.
Oops, you’re right… changing that now…
I’m checking out something that seems to be along the lines of what I’m trying to accomplish as well, https://github.com/dgonano/MMM-AlexaPi , which is just running the voice service on the mirror, as well as pouring over the Docs, but I seem to be unable to grasp the connection or purpose of the node_helper and module.js relationship.
Also, for (because of my) simplicity, I’d like to focus on sending the speech picked up from the mic into the Watson STT api.
You said that the browser can’t handle ‘require’, does that mean that node_helper is where we require things?
So, if I’m catching up correctly,
node_helper is where the requires happen(watson could service, npm mic…), the watson config(usrnme, psswrd, etc) to send along with the api request happens, and then finally the micInstance gets started, listening.
Then, the audio gets piped to the api, and the response generated (text) gets handed to the module.js (conversation.js) in the form of sendSocketNotification, and receivedSocketNotification, which will then turn around and resend that same text to all the other modules. -
Ok, so I’ve managed to get the magic mirror to recognize the new node_helper, and it will run on start of the Magic Mirror.
https://github.com/OniDotun123/MirrorMirror/tree/watson_listen_on_startup/modules/conversation -
YES!
watson is listening on startup and and printing the text from speech into the console!!!
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@prostko glad you did it. keep in mind that someone can browse an old commit/state of the repo so i hardly suggest to change the password at the specific services.
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Attributing this success to aleyak’s super clean code here :
https://github.com/alexyak/voicecontrol
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@strawberry-3.141 Oh crap, good call. Doing that now. Thanks again.
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@prostko Hi man, I would like to create one for my final project.
Could you help me?? Passing me your e-mail just to start.
Thanks :D
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@makssie Sure. How can I help
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@prostko Thanks for you disposition.
What are the crucial points to start this project? Are there a URL showing how to build one SmartMirror?
What was hard for you in your project? (for example : need to know about node.js)
Thanks again
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@makssie Yeah, so check out the github associated with this forum, it has great documentation and step by step instructions on how to get the mirror installed. There are a ton of videos on how to do this as well. Depending on your comfort level with Javascript, getting Watson to work on your machine will either be difficult or very, very difficult. I used Watson’s conversation app. Sticking points were acclimating to the raspberry pi itself, getting it properly configured. Then understanding the existing code base here. The module structure and everything. Then actually getting Watson to fit in there and respond with usable data. After that, it was smooth sailing.
