AlexaPi slow to respond

[thomasthomas11235]

Not really an issue but I'm just wondering if the relatively slow speed is normal and if this can be improved? Ask an official alexa device the time and the response is nearly instant, but alexapi takes 8s to respond to the same questions.

Thanks!

[EmerickH]

Hello, Yes it is a little bit normal because of the way AlexaPi is working:

• pocketsphinx script is listening for the word "Alexa"
• The app starts saving what your are saying to an audio file (wav, mp3 or something similar I don't remember)
• When you stop speaking, the app stop recording and sends this file to the online Alexa API
• The Alexa API is sending back an audio file with what Alexa is saying So it's not optimized as the real Alexa and overall it depends a lot of the speed of your internet connection because sending/receiving audio files can be long!

I hope to have answered your question, Emerick