eu.semaine.components.dialogue.interpreters
Class SpeechInterpreter

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      eu.semaine.components.Component
          eu.semaine.components.dialogue.interpreters.SpeechInterpreter

All Implemented Interfaces:

SEMAINEMessageAvailableListener, java.lang.Runnable

public class SpeechInterpreter
extends Component

The SpeechInterpreter determines exactly if the user is speaking or if he's silent. It receives audiofeatures, and if the right mix of features appear it will send a 'speaking' or 'silence' EMMA message. Input FeatureReceiver('semaine.data.analysis.features.voice') Output EmmaSender('semaine.data.state.user.emma')

Author:

Mark ter Maat

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class eu.semaine.components.Component

Component.State

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class eu.semaine.components.Component

inputWaiting, isInput, isOutput, log, meta, receivers, senders, state, waitingTime

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

SpeechInterpreter()
Constructor of SpeechInterpreter Initializes the Senders and Receivers

Method Summary

void	react(SEMAINEMessage m) Reads the FeatureMessage, reads the values for 'rmsEnergy' and 'speaking' and decides, based on these 2 values, if the agent is speaking or not.
void	sendPitchDirection(java.lang.String direction)
void	sendSpeechState() Sends the current user speech state as an EMMA message around

Methods inherited from class eu.semaine.components.Component

act, customStartIO, exitRequested, messageAvailableFrom, requestExit, run

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SpeechInterpreter

public SpeechInterpreter()
                  throws javax.jms.JMSException

Constructor of SpeechInterpreter Initializes the Senders and Receivers

Throws:

javax.jms.JMSException

Method Detail

react

public void react(SEMAINEMessage m)
           throws javax.jms.JMSException

Reads the FeatureMessage, reads the values for 'rmsEnergy' and 'speaking' and decides, based on these 2 values, if the agent is speaking or not. If this new value is different than the current state of the user an EMMA message is send with the new user speaking state.

Overrides:

react in class Component

Throws:

javax.jms.JMSException - if communication with the JMS server goes wrong.

sendPitchDirection

public void sendPitchDirection(java.lang.String direction)
                        throws javax.jms.JMSException

Throws:

javax.jms.JMSException

sendSpeechState

public void sendSpeechState()
                     throws javax.jms.JMSException

Sends the current user speech state as an EMMA message around

Throws:

javax.jms.JMSException