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Android APIs
public class

SpeechRecognizer

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.speech.SpeechRecognizer

Class Overview

This class provides access to the speech recognition service. This service allows access to the speech recognizer. Do not instantiate this class directly, instead, call createSpeechRecognizer(Context) . This class's methods must be invoked only from the main application thread.

The implementation of this API is likely to stream audio to remote servers to perform speech recognition. As such this API is not intended to be used for continuous recognition, which would consume a significant amount of battery and bandwidth.

Please note that the application must have RECORD_AUDIO permission to use this class.

Summary

Constants
String CONFIDENCE_SCORES Key used to retrieve a float array from the Bundle passed to the onResults(Bundle) and onPartialResults(Bundle) methods.
int ERROR_AUDIO Audio recording error.
int ERROR_CLIENT Other client side errors.
int ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS Insufficient permissions
int ERROR_NETWORK Other network related errors.
int ERROR_NETWORK_TIMEOUT Network operation timed out.
int ERROR_NO_MATCH No recognition result matched.
int ERROR_RECOGNIZER_BUSY RecognitionService busy.
int ERROR_SERVER Server sends error status.
int ERROR_SPEECH_TIMEOUT No speech input
String RESULTS_RECOGNITION Key used to retrieve an ArrayList from the Bundle passed to the onResults(Bundle) and onPartialResults(Bundle) methods.
Public Methods
void cancel ()
Cancels the speech recognition.
static SpeechRecognizer createSpeechRecognizer ( Context context, ComponentName serviceComponent)
Factory method to create a new SpeechRecognizer .
static SpeechRecognizer createSpeechRecognizer ( Context context)
Factory method to create a new SpeechRecognizer .
void destroy ()
Destroys the SpeechRecognizer object.
static boolean isRecognitionAvailable ( Context context)
Checks whether a speech recognition service is available on the system.
void setRecognitionListener ( RecognitionListener listener)
Sets the listener that will receive all the callbacks.
void startListening ( Intent recognizerIntent)
Starts listening for speech.
void stopListening ()
Stops listening for speech.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Constants

public static final String CONFIDENCE_SCORES

Key used to retrieve a float array from the Bundle passed to the onResults(Bundle) and onPartialResults(Bundle) methods. The array should be the same size as the ArrayList provided in RESULTS_RECOGNITION , and should contain values ranging from 0.0 to 1.0, or -1 to represent an unavailable confidence score.

Confidence values close to 1.0 indicate high confidence (the speech recognizer is confident that the recognition result is correct), while values close to 0.0 indicate low confidence.

This value is optional and might not be provided.

Constant Value: "confidence_scores"

public static final int ERROR_AUDIO

Added in API level 8

Audio recording error.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

public static final int ERROR_CLIENT

Added in API level 8

Other client side errors.

Constant Value: 5 (0x00000005)

public static final int ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS

Added in API level 8

Insufficient permissions

Constant Value: 9 (0x00000009)

public static final int ERROR_NETWORK

Added in API level 8

Other network related errors.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

public static final int ERROR_NETWORK_TIMEOUT

Added in API level 8

Network operation timed out.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

public static final int ERROR_NO_MATCH

Added in API level 8

No recognition result matched.

Constant Value: 7 (0x00000007)

public static final int ERROR_RECOGNIZER_BUSY

Added in API level 8

RecognitionService busy.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

public static final int ERROR_SERVER

Added in API level 8

Server sends error status.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

public static final int ERROR_SPEECH_TIMEOUT

Added in API level 8

No speech input

Constant Value: 6 (0x00000006)

public static final String RESULTS_RECOGNITION

Added in API level 8

Key used to retrieve an ArrayList from the Bundle passed to the onResults(Bundle) and onPartialResults(Bundle) methods. These strings are the possible recognition results, where the first element is the most likely candidate.

Constant Value: "results_recognition"

Public Methods

public void cancel ()

Added in API level 8

Cancels the speech recognition. Please note that setRecognitionListener(RecognitionListener) should be called beforehand, otherwise no notifications will be received.

public static SpeechRecognizer createSpeechRecognizer ( Context context, ComponentName serviceComponent)

Added in API level 8

Factory method to create a new SpeechRecognizer . Please note that setRecognitionListener(RecognitionListener) should be called before dispatching any command to the created SpeechRecognizer , otherwise no notifications will be received. Use this version of the method to specify a specific service to direct this SpeechRecognizer to. Normally you would not use this; use createSpeechRecognizer(Context) instead to use the system default recognition service.

Parameters
context in which to create SpeechRecognizer
serviceComponent the ComponentName of a specific service to direct this SpeechRecognizer to
Returns
  • a new SpeechRecognizer

public static SpeechRecognizer createSpeechRecognizer ( Context context)

Added in API level 8

Factory method to create a new SpeechRecognizer . Please note that setRecognitionListener(RecognitionListener) should be called before dispatching any command to the created SpeechRecognizer , otherwise no notifications will be received.

Parameters
context in which to create SpeechRecognizer
Returns
  • a new SpeechRecognizer

public void destroy ()

Added in API level 8

Destroys the SpeechRecognizer object.

public static boolean isRecognitionAvailable ( Context context)

Added in API level 8

Checks whether a speech recognition service is available on the system. If this method returns false , createSpeechRecognizer(Context) will fail.

Parameters
context with which SpeechRecognizer will be created
Returns
  • true if recognition is available, false otherwise

public void setRecognitionListener ( RecognitionListener listener)

Added in API level 8

Sets the listener that will receive all the callbacks. The previous unfinished commands will be executed with the old listener, while any following command will be executed with the new listener.

Parameters
listener listener that will receive all the callbacks from the created SpeechRecognizer , this must not be null.

public void startListening ( Intent recognizerIntent)

Added in API level 8

Starts listening for speech. Please note that setRecognitionListener(RecognitionListener) should be called beforehand, otherwise no notifications will be received.

Parameters
recognizerIntent contains parameters for the recognition to be performed. The intent may also contain optional extras, see RecognizerIntent . If these values are not set explicitly, default values will be used by the recognizer.

public void stopListening ()

Added in API level 8

Stops listening for speech. Speech captured so far will be recognized as if the user had stopped speaking at this point. Note that in the default case, this does not need to be called, as the speech endpointer will automatically stop the recognizer listening when it determines speech has completed. However, you can manipulate endpointer parameters directly using the intent extras defined in RecognizerIntent , in which case you may sometimes want to manually call this method to stop listening sooner. Please note that setRecognitionListener(RecognitionListener) should be called beforehand, otherwise no notifications will be received.