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Version: 1.5.5

Voice Component

0. SDK Mobile baseline requirements​

SDK Mobile is a set of libraries (Components) that offer a series of functionalities and services, allowing their integration into a Mobile application in a simple and fully scalable way. Depending on the use case that is required, certain components must be installed. Its high level of modularity allows other new components to be added in the future without affecting those already integrated in the project.

For more information on the base configuration, go to the Getting Started section.

1. Introduction​

The component discussed in the current document is called Voice Component. It is in charge of capturing the user's voice and the subsequent extraction of the corresponding templates. Its main functionalities are the following:

  • Input of a certain number of sentences to subsequently read each one in one step.

  • Internal microphone management.

  • Management of permissions.

  • Analysis of silences.

  • Progress analysis.

  • Assistant in the capture processes.

  • Generation of templates with voice characteristics and scores.

2. Integration of the component​

Before integrating this component, it is recommended to read the documentation related to:

Getting Started and follow the instructions in that document.

This section will explain step by step how to integrate the current component into an existing project.

2.1. Dependencies required for integration​

To avoid conflicts and compatibility problems, in case you want to install the component in a project containing an old version of the Facephi libraries (Widgets), these must be completely removed before installing the SDKMobile components.

  • Currently FacePhi libraries are distributed remotely through different dependency managers. Mandatory dependencies that must be installed beforehand:

    implementation "com.facephi.androidsdk:voice_component:$sdk_voice_component_version"

3. Start new operation​

When you want to perform a specific operation, in order to generate the associated information correctly in the platform, the newOperation command must first be executed.

This command must have been executed prior to launch.

To learn more about how to start a new operation, it is recommended to consult the Getting Started documentation, which details and explains what this process consists of.

4. Available controllers​

ControllerDescripción
VoiceControllerVoice capture main controller

5. Component configuration​

To configure the current component, once it has been initialised, a VoiceConfigurationData object must be created and passed as a parameter to the SDKController when the component is launched.

The following section will show the fields that are part of this class and what each of them is used for.

5.1. Class VoiceConfigurationData​

5.1.1. phrases​

Indicates the phrase(s) required to capture.

5.1.2. vibrationEnabled​

Indicates the activation of the vibration when the widget finishes successfully.

5.1.3. showTutorial​

Indicates whether the component activates the tutorial screen. This view intuitively explains how the capture is performed.

5.1.4. extractionTimeout​

Sets the maximum time that the capture can be performed.

5.1.5. showDiagnostic​

Display diagnostic screens at the end of the process

6. Component use​

Once the component has been started and a new operation has been created (section 3), the SDK components can be launched. There are two ways to launch the component:

  • [WITH TRACKING] This call allows to launch the functionality of the component normally, but internal events will be tracked to the tracking server:
SDKController.launch(
    VoiceController(VoiceConfigurationData()) {
        when (it) {
            is SdkResult.Error -> Napier.d("Voice: ERROR - ${it.error.javaClass.simpleName}")
            is SdkResult.Success -> Napier.d("Voice OK: ${it.data}")
        }
    }
)
  • [WITHOUT TRACKING] This call allows to launch the functionality of the component normally, but no event will be tracked to the tracking server:
SDKController.launchMethod(
    VoiceController(VoiceConfigurationData()) {
        when (it) {
            is SdkResult.Error -> Napier.d("Voice: ERROR - ${it.error.javaClass.simpleName}")
            is SdkResult.Success -> Napier.d("Voice OK: ${it.data}")
        }
    }
)

The launch method must be used by default. This method allows tracking to be used if your component is enabled, and will not use it when it is disabled (or the component is not installed).

On the other hand, the launchMethod method covers a special case, in which the integrator has tracking installed and activated, but in a certain flow within the application does not want to track information. In this case, this method is used to prevent this information from being sent to the platform.

7. Receipt of the result​

The controllers will return the required information in SdkResult format. More information in the Android Mobile SDK's 6. Result return section.

7.1. Receipt of errors​

On the error side, we will have the VoiceError class.

NO_DATA_ERROR
TIMEOUT
INTERNAL_LICENSE_ERROR
CANCEL_BY_USER
CANCEL_LAUNCH
PERMISSION_DENIED
ACTIVITY_RESULT_ERROR
INITIALIZATION_ERROR -> it.error

7.1. Receipt of correct execution - data​

In the data part, we have the VoiceResult class.

The data field is variable and will depend on which component has returned the result. In the case of this component, the fields returned are the following:

7.1.1 audios​

Contains a list of captured audios in ByteArray format.

7.1.3 tokenizedAudios​

Contains the list of captured audios in Facephi tokenize format.

8. Customizing the component​

Apart from the changes that can be made at SDK level (which are explained in the Getting Started document), this particular component allows the modification of specific texts.

8.1 Texts​

If you want to modify the SDK texts, you would have to include the following XML file in the client application, and modify the value of each String to the desired one.

    <string name="voice_component_tutorial_message">Speak clearly and loudly. \n\n Make sure you are in a quiet environment.</string>
    <string name="voice_component_tutorial_title">Speech recognition</string>
    <string name="voice_component_tutorial_button">Continue</string>
    <string name="voice_component_success_message">Recorded recording</string>
    <string name="voice_component_speech_message">Speak clearly and close to the microphone</string>
    <string name="voice_component_speech_more_message">Keep talking</string>
    <string name="voice_component_speech_empty_message" translatable="false"></string>
    <string name="voice_component_read_message">Say out loud:</string>
    <string name="voice_component_speech_noisy_message">There is too much background noise, try to go to a quiet environment</string>
    <string name="voice_component_success_records_message">successful recordings</string>
    <string name="voice_component_timeout_title">Time exceeded</string>
    <string name="voice_component_timeout_desc">We apologize. The capture could not be made</string>
    <string name="voice_component_internal_error_title">There was a technical problem</string>
    <string name="voice_component_internal_error_desc">We apologize. The capture could not be made</string>