catalan language image

[JarbasAl]

Bellow are the current steps needed to make an image tuned for catalan language

Bundled Plugins

• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-stt-plugin-chromium to ensure STT works since selene supports non-english langs by accident and it might be deprecated
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-wake-word-plugin-snowboy for "wake up" hotword
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-tts-plugin-voicerss
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-tts-plugin-catotron
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-wake-word-plugin-vosk + catalan model from https://github.com/JarbasLingua/iberian-vosk
• https://github.com/HelloChatterbox/dummy_wakeword_plugin to allow disabling wakewords (should be a default in every image imho )

Patches

• https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core/pull/2772 core support for lingua_franca 0.3.X
• lingua_franca from source to include catalan, while next version isnt released

Additional dependencies

• festival apt-get -y install festival festvox-ca-ona-hts lame
• maybe snowboy, plugin includes pre-compiled binaries this will need testing, https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-wake-word-plugin-snowboy/blob/master/compiling.md
• vlc for proper https streams handling

Skill alternatives

For official skills not supporting catalan

• https://github.com/JarbasSkills/skill-icanhazdadjoke
• https://github.com/JarbasSkills/skill-duck
• https://github.com/JarbasSkills/skill-wolfie
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/skill-news

Default config

under /etc/mycroft/mycroft.conf

{
  "lang": "ca-es",
  "stt": {
      "module": "chromium_stt_plug",
      "chromium_stt_plug": {
          "lang": "ca-ES"
      },
      "vosk_streaming_stt_plug": {
          "model_folder": "path/to/bundled/catalan/model/folder"
      },
      "vosk_stt_plug": {
          "model_folder": "path/to/bundled/catalan/model/folder"
      }
   },
  "tts": {
      "module": "festival",
      "festival": {
          "lang": "catalan",
          "encoding": "ISO-8859-15//TRANSLIT"
      },
      "voicerss_tts_plug": {
          "voice": "Rut",
          "lang": "ca-es"
      }
   },
  "skills": {
    "blacklisted_skills": [
          "mycroft-npr-news.mycroftai", 
          "mycroft-fallback-duck-duck-go.mycroftai", 
          "mycroft-joke.mycroftai",
          "fallback-wolfram-alpha.mycroftai"
    ]
  },
  "listener": {
      "stand_up_word": "desperta"
  },
  "hotwords": {
     "desperta": {
        "module": "snowboy_ww_plug",
        "models": [
            {"sensitivity": 0.5, "model_path": "desperta_jm.pmdl"},
            {"sensitivity": 0.5, "model_path": "desperta_jm2.pmdl"}
         ]
      },
      "no_wake_word": {
        "module": "dummy_ww_plug"
      }
   },
  "Audio": {
    "backends": {
      "vlc": {
        "active": true
      }
    },
    "default-backend": "vlc"
  }

}

[JarbasAl]

we could also bundle the following, which im not sure makes sense due to low quality, but if we want to be comprehensive and bundle all catalan options

• espeak, which also supports catalan
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-tts-plugin-softcatala same as festival but remote
• responsive_voice plugin, supports catalan via espeak, https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-tts-plugin-responsivevoice
• https://github.com/JarbasLingua/jarbas-stt-plugin-pocketsphinx with catalan model from https://github.com/JarbasLingua/iberian-sphinx

additions to .conf in this case

"stt": {
    "pocketsphinx_stt_plug": {
        "acoustic-model": "path/to/bundled/catalan/hmm/folder",
        "language-model": "path/to/bundled/catalan/lm/file.lm",
        "pronounciation-dictionary": "path/to/bundled/catalan/phonemes/file.dict"
    }
  },
"tts": {
    "responsivevoice_tts_plug": {
        "voice": "CatalanMale"
    },
    "espeak": {
        "lang": "ca"
    }
 }