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An SDK for commercial device makers to integrate Alexa directly into connected products.
https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/alexa-voice-service
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avs sdk v0.6 audio provider question #65

Closed dreamforever closed 7 years ago

dreamforever commented 7 years ago

SDK v0.6 has three audio provider: tap to talk, hold to talk, and wakeword. Is wakeword same to wake word engine? What are tap to talk and hold to talk mean? Thank you ; )

sanjayrd commented 7 years ago

Hi @dreamforever,

Yup, wake word initiations refer to interactions begun by saying "Alexa".

Tap to talk interactions are interactions in which you can simply press a button and start talking (the Echo has a tap-to-talk button). All you need to do is hit this button once and you can start speaking with Alexa until the interaction completes.

Hold to talk interactions are interactions in which audio will be streamed while a button is held. For example, the Amazon Dash Wand has this. You need to hold a button for the microphone to be activated to that your input can be recorded to speak with Alexa.