johnbicknell / react-native-voice

React Native Native Voice library for iOS and Android

React Native Voice

A speech-to-text library for React Native.

NOTE, currently only supports Android. Contribute to make this a universal module!

Install

npm i react-native-voice --save

Android

• In android/setting.gradle

...
include ':VoiceModule', ':app'
project(':VoiceModule').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-voice/android')

• In android/app/build.gradle

...
dependencies {
    ...
    compile project(':VoiceModule')
}

• In MainActivity.java

import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
...
import com.wenkesj.voice.VoicePackage; // <------ Add this!
...

public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {
...
    @Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
      return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
        new MainReactPackage(),
        new VoicePackage() // <------ Add this!
        );
    }
}

Example

Full example located in /VoiceTest.

Usage

import Voice from 'react-native-voice';

Methods

Accessible methods to perform actions.

Method Name	Description	Platform
isAvailable(callback)	Checks whether a speech recognition service is available on the system.	Android
start(locale)	Starts listening for speech for a specific locale. Returns null if no error occurs.	Android
stop()	Stops listening for speech. Returns null if no error occurs.	Android
cancel()	Cancels the speech recognition. Returns null if no error occurs.	Android
destroy()	Destroys the current SpeechRecognizer instance. Returns null if no error occurs.	Android
isRecognizing()	Return if the SpeechRecognizer is recognizing.	Android

Events

Methods that are invoked when a native event emitted.

Event Name	Description	Event	Platform
onSpeechStart(event)	Invoked when .start() is called without error.	{ error: false }	Android
onSpeechRecognized(event)	Invoked when speech is recognized.	{ error: false }	Android
onSpeechEnd(event)	Invoked when SpeechRecognizer stops recognition.	{ error: false }	Android
onSpeechError(event)	Invoked when an error occurs.	{ error: Description of error as string }	Android
onSpeechResults(event)	Invoked when SpeechRecognizer is finished recognizing.	{ value: [..., 'Speech recognized'] }	Android
onSpeechPartialResults(event)	Invoked when any results are computed.	{ value: [..., 'Partial speech recognized'] }	Android
onSpeechVolumeChanged(event)	Invoked when pitch that is recognized changed.	{ value: pitch in dB }	Android