Android Speech Recognition APIs

This class will provide an overview of the current state of the art regarding voice recognition for Android, the most popular APIs, their limitations and special features. After the introduction, there will be a coding tutorial using code samples. You will be able to follow the instructor to implement together a working voice recognition application. The focus will be on voice commands as opposed to dictation.

Among the topics discussed, we will talk about:

• Google Voice Recognition API

• Nuance‚ Dragon Mobile API

• Pocket Sphinx for Android

• Other less popular APIs

Notes:

• You should be comfortable with the overall Android app architecture.

• Have Android Studio installed

• Have a Unix environment (there is a high probability that Pocket Sphinx will not work otherwise)

Please arrive at 6:30 pm, grab some complimentary food and drinks, and feel free to network before we begin. The workshop will be held from 7 pm - 9 pm.

A big thank you goes out to Manuel Nakamurakare who will be instructing the event. Manuel is a mobile software engineer at ApprenNet. He is an experienced Android engineer well versed in various speech recognition technologies. Several teaching assistants will be helping out as well!

Prerequisites

This workshop requires you to know an object-oriented programming language like C/C#/Java, and preferably you have attended one of our Introduction to Android Development workshops in the past.

We also require that you have setup your machine with the Android development environment (https://docs.google.com/a/thecodepath.com/presentation/d/1iD0sMc-qIG80yZ1AQfDU5nxSAl3Xe4nx-2W_g9yzMSM/edit#slide=id.p) before you attend the workshop so we can jump right in coding when the session starts.

Workshop format

The most effective way to learn Android is just to dive in. The workshop will begin with a presentation and continue with hands-on coding exercises.

Required Materials

• Setup the Android Development Environment (Instructions (https://docs.google.com/a/thecodepath.com/presentation/d/1iD0sMc-qIG80yZ1AQfDU5nxSAl3Xe4nx-2W_g9yzMSM/edit#slide=id.p))

• Your Laptop with Windows or Mac

• Administrator rights on your machine

Email us at help@thecodepath.com (help@thecodepath.com) if you have any questions. Look forward to seeing you all there!