On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:24 PM, <kda...@mozilla.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 8:00:44 AM UTC+2, Xidorn Quan wrote: > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:36 PM, <kdavis> wrote: > > > > > We would like some feedback on build flags for the Web Speech API > > > installation. > > > > > > More specifically, we are planning to land an initial version of the > Web > > > Speech API[1] into Geko. However, due to a number of factors, model > size > > > being one of them, we plan to introduce various build flags which > > > install/do not install parts of the Web Speech API for various build > > > targets. > > > > > > Our current plan for B2G is as follows: > > > > > > 1. Introduce a flag to control installation of the Web Speech API > > > 2. Introduce a flag to control installation of Pocketsphinx[2], the > > > STT/TTS engine. > > > 3. Introduce a script to allow installation of models, allowing > developers > > > to test the Web Speech API (They can test once they've made a build > with > > > the previous two flags on) > > > > > > Our question is related to desktop and Fennec. Our current plan is to: > > > > > > 1. Introduce a flag to control installation of the Web Speech API + > > > Pocketsphinx + English model[3] > > > > > > The question is: Is this a good plan for desktop and Fennec? Should > there > > > be more/less fine grade control for installation there? > > > > > > > I think for desktop and fennec, some of the systems already provide APIs > > for TTS and STT. At least, Android has both of them [1][2], Mac also does > > [3]. Windows should have, but I'm not sure what form do they provide. > > > > I think for those systems, it's probably better to use their API, so that > > we provide the same experience as their native apps, and allow us not to > > include the engine ourselves. > > I think the Web Speech API[1] serves a difference audience. > > It is a JavaScript API that web applications can access. In addition the > web Speech API will be the same across various OS's, allowing web > applications to do STT/TTS in a OS independent manner from web applications. > > So, the introduction of the Web Speech API does not stop people from > writing native code, which they can always do. It does, however, greatly > ease and standardize cross platform STT/TTS. >
I meant, we do not need to include the speech engines in Firefox. We just need adaptors to use those system APIs, instead of Pocketsphinx, to provide the speech service for web applications. That way, we can provide the feature as powerful as what the systems have already provided. e.g. OS X currently supports TTS for tens of languages, and STT for around ten languages. - Xidorn _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
