Can I build custom actions to leverage the Google Assistant SDK without needing to be online? I'd like to have the natural language parser to help me navigate my Android App, even when offline. That is, speak to it and say special words to navigate the screens and what not, using the voice instructions of the user.
This seems totally possible using the Assistant SDK on the internet, but I need the app to run on my android even outside of connectivity.
Google assistant uses google servers so I don't think it is possible, but there are some other options check out this link.
Android: Speech Recognition without using google server
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I am evaluating whether to build a native Android app vs. a progressive web app (PWA). PWAs seem to gain a lot of traction recently, and especially on Android with Chrome (+ Desktop) seem to support a lot of functionalities and access to device APIs.
What I can't find anything about:
Is it possible to integrate a PWA with Google Assistant the same way as a native app? Assume I want to build an Audio app, can I make it work with Google Assistant even in the form of a PWA? Not talking about just having the assistant open the app - it should be able to also handle request such as "play 50 cent on app_name" etc.
Besides the voice assistant integration, any other thoughts on why I should or should not build a PWA vs. a native Android app?
Thanks a lot in advance!!
Actions that can interact with web apps via voic ewill only be approved for games at the current time.
I am researching ways to implement form filling via voice command given by user inside my application.I have searched two options but no one is seems useful and I am bit confused here.
First I tried with android voice to speech library integration.It gives me text but isn't smart enough to converse with as google assistance do.
Then second I tried to integrate google assistance with api.a. It provides the user conversation but it is like adding command to google assistance .It doesn't provide me voice to text data so that I can fill form and do further operation.
Please suggest me ways to implement.
You can use the SDK provided by Slang Labs which allows you to add a custom voice experience inside your app. You can create a "buddy" in their console and configure the kind-of intents/utterances you want to handle. Then integrate its SDK into your app, which takes care of all the voice-related functionality and you can register callbacks for the intents you have configured in the console to handle the app-specific actions.
(disclaimer: I am a co-founder of Slang Labs :-))
You wouldn't use Actions on Google through Dialogflow for your implementation but rather the Google Assistant SDK which is meant for devices.
However, in your case it may make sense to use Dialogflow's Android client. You would not need to pull all of the Google Assistant's capabilities and the voice interaction would be limited to your own application.
i want to build ai speaker to use google assistant on android app not android things.
may be i think i will use grcp because python not execute on android app.
Is there any way I can use Google Assistant already installed in my mobile phone ?
my cellphone already has a google assistant !!
Commit b790b0b puts everything into a single class, making it easier to integrate into other Android devices.
Kindly check the below link.
https://github.com/androidthings/sample-googleassistant/commit/b790b0be91b5a743fb847af6a6c95f19459162de
My question is regarding custom voice commands for Android.
Is there a way to develop an app, not necessarily a UI app, that adds custom voice commands to any Android mobile?
For example, after installing AccuWeather on Android, every time I ask Google Now for the weather, it displays information fetched from the said app.
Did AccuWeather added new voice commands to my phone?
Can any app developed by anyone add custom voice commands to an
Android phone?
Can I write and install an app that, triggered by the voice command
"How is my portfolio?", fetches data from the stock market, returns it
and then be displayed in the same view, the Google Now view?
I Googled all of these concerns but found more questions than answers.
You can write an app that registers itself as a choice for the available system commands.
As of this writing, you can not register an app that registers a custom command. Google used to accept requests to register custom voice actions, but stopped. I don't know why they stopped, or if/when they'll allow customization again.
BTW there was a possibility with an XPOSED Module to add custom commands to google search ( and so you can use the voice recognition even with a smart watch connected ), but it stopped working since they updated the google search app.
if you are just doing this for personal use u can still use it with an old version of google search app and this xposed framework module and correct hooks ( they postet the correct hooks for some updated versions of google app later in the thread , just use the latest one...).
here you go:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-google-search-api-t2554173
i really hope google will bring out a better voice API than the actual is.
I am looking into a way to integrate limited-vocabulary speech recognition into my Android app (since Google Voice Search relies on Internet access which isn't always available to users).
I found a Nuance page enticing programmers to download NDEV or the "Dragon Mobile SDK" but if it requires Internet access just like Google Voice Search, why should I be even interested in it?
Unfortunately, Nuance's page is not very informative and requires you to register (and sign a dragonian agreement...) before you get a chance to spend time to download & play with the kit only to discover that it's not what you're looking for...
Do you happen to know whether the speech-recognition part of NDEV or he "Dragon Mobile SDK" require Internet access?
Do you know of any off-the-shelf SDK for Android that doesn't require Internet access (i.e. some limited-vocabulary speech recognition can be done locally on the Android device)?
Yes, NDEV does require Internet access. Their SDK is just an API wrapper + the UI with the microphone button (and the code necessary to capture the audio properly).
If you need local speech recognition, have a look at Sphinx, it's a great project.
On most phones (with hardware powerful enough) Google's own speech recognition can be set to work offline.
Simply go to Settings->Language and Input-> Voice Search -> Offline Speech Recognition
There you'll be able to download data for any language you need available offline.