Yet Another Voice Module (Sphinx + Alexa)

[clumsy_ninja]

@whyjustin What kind of visual feedback does it display on the mirror?

[d3r]

@clumsy_ninja This module has no visual feedback. You only get an audio prompt which indicates that alexa is listening and a second audio prompt when the audio stops.

[clumsy_ninja]

@d3r Thanks. I’ve been looking at AlexaPi and i’m not sure how similar the code is but i did notice is has led’s indicating the status (listening, processing, speaking).
https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi

What i really want to achieve is a module for the mirror which shows the visual feedback with a microphone icon and also show the GUI cards alexa service returns. Problem is I’m not sure how to make this hahah I’m only use to writing in C and Java.

[whyjustin]

@clumsy_ninja said in Yet Another Voice Module (Sphinx + Alexa):

notice is has led’s indicating the status (listening, processing, speaking).
https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi

IIRC I exposed some of this stuff in the plugin, it shouldn’t be too hard to provide UI feedback for these events. Look at the events passed to the Java client here: https://github.com/whyjustin/magic-mirror-voice/blob/master/node_helper.js#L49. If you get anything working, PRs welcome.

What i really want to achieve is a module for the mirror which shows the visual feedback with a microphone icon and also show the GUI cards alexa service returns. Problem is I’m not sure how to make this hahah I’m only use to writing in C and Java.

GUI Cards are going to take more work.

[clumsy_ninja]

@whyjustin Thanks for that, I’m new to javascript myself but I’m trying to recruit a mate to give us a hand haha. I’ll post something back if I get anything working.

[clumsy_ninja]

@whyjustin Is it possible to change the activation work in your alexa? I remember seeing it defined in json somewhere but does it require voice training or something?

[lb-rezende]

Hi,

I’m having a problem installing this module and maybe someone could help me, because this is my first experience with Linux and the Magic Mirror.

I followed the link describe in the Github to install Alexa. It was everything ok, I talked to her at the end.

I followed the rest of the instructions to install the module, although when I start the Magic Mirror it keeps at “loading” and after a while the application crash.

The last message is:
Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 5005
electron js/electron.js: …/src/java.cpp:105: v8::Localv8::Value Java::ensureJvm(): Assertion `result->IsNull()’ failed.

How can I solve it?

Thanks in advance.

[whyjustin]

@clumsy_ninja said in Yet Another Voice Module (Sphinx + Alexa):

@whyjustin Is it possible to change the activation work in your alexa? I remember seeing it defined in json somewhere but does it require voice training or something?

     commands: {
        "mirror mirror": {
          action: 'alexa'
        }
      },

If you edit the above you can adjust the activation of Alexa. Haven’t spent much time with this project recently but IIRC you have to remove sphinx-model-generator/commands.dic and sphinx-model-generator/commands.lm when changing the commands.

[whyjustin]

@lb-rezende said in Yet Another Voice Module (Sphinx + Alexa):

electron js/electron.js: …/src/java.cpp:105: v8::Localv8::Value Java::ensureJvm(): Assertion `result->IsNull()’ failed.

If I were to hazard a guess the JDK isn’t installed on your machine although you previously said that you were able to verify Alexa was working. Wild guess would be to verify the steps in [0] were followed to downgrade the electron client although this may not be related.

[0] https://github.com/whyjustin/magic-mirror-voice#installation-notes

[lb-rezende]

@whyjustin

I had done that step when I installed. I checked again, and Alexa is working when I execute the last step of the installation process (the one that has to open three different terminals and then the Alexa opens).

As I said, I’m new with Linux, so probably I configured it with something missing or wrong. My config.js is this way:

            {
                    module: 'magic-mirror-voice',
                    header: 'Magic Mirror Voice',
                    position: 'top_right',
                    config: {
                            debug: true,
                            alexa: {
                                    productId: 'MagicMirrorEmmanuel',
                                    dsn: 'MagicMirrorEmmanuel'
                            },
                            ssl: {
                                    sslCaCert: './magic-mirror-voice/alexa-certificate-generator/certs/ca/ca.crt',
                                    sslKey: './magic-mirror-voice/alexa-certificate-generator/certs/server/node.key',
                                    sslCert: './magic-mirror-voice/alexa-certificate-generator/certs/server/node.crt',
                                    sslClientKeyStore: './magic-mirror-voice/alexa-certificate-generator/certs/client/client.pkcs12',
                                    sslClientKeyStorePassphrase: ''
                            },
                            companion: {
                                    port: 3000,
                                    serviceUrl: 'https://localhost:3000',
                                    redirectUrl: 'https://localhost:3000/authresponse',
                                    clientId: 'MY PRIVATE CLIENT ID',
                                    clientSecret: 'MY PRIVATE CLIENT SECRET'
                            },
                            client: {
                                    alpnVersion: '1.0.2',
                                    vlcPath: '/usr/lib/vlc',
                                    vlcPluginPath: '/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
                            },
                            sphinx: {
                                    commands: {
                                            "mirror mirror": {
                                                    action: 'alexa'
                                                    }
                                            },
                                    dictionary: './commands.dic', // Optional
                                    model: './commands.lm' // Optional
                                    }
                            }
            },

I’m not sure about the alpnVersion, vlcPath and vlcPluginPath, because I do not know where and how to find it. The dsn line as well, where do I find it?
I already changed ports as discussed here before, but did not work.

Thanks!