speech_to_text 1.1.0

A Flutter plugin that exposes device specific speech to text recognition capability.

Changelog

1.1.0

New

• error_timeout has been separated into error_network_timeout and error_speech_timeout

1.0.0

New

• hasPermission to check for the current permission without bringing up the system dialog
• listen has a new optional cancelOnError parameter to support automatically canceling a listening session on a permanent error.
• listen has a new optional partialResults parameter that controls whether the callback receives partial or only final results.

0.8.0

New

• speech recognizer now exposes multiple possible transcriptions for each recognized speech
• alternates list on SpeechRecognitionResult exposes alternate transcriptions of voice
• confidence on SpeechRecognitionResult gives an estimate of confidence in the transcription
• isConfident on SpeechRecognitionResult supports testing confidence
• hasConfidenceRating on SpeechRecognitionResult indicates if confidence was provided from the device
• new SpeechRecognitionWords class gives details on per transcription words and confidence

Fix

• speechRecognizer availabilityDidChange was crashing if invoked due to an invalid parameter type
• Added iOS platform 10 to example Podfile to resolve compilation warnings

0.7.2

Breaking

• Upgrade Swift to version 5 to match Flutter. Projects using this plugin must now switch to 5.

0.7.1

Fix

• Upgrade Kotlin to 1.3.5 to match the Flutter 1.12 version
• Upgrade Gradle build to 3.5.0 to match the Flutter 1.12 version
• Android version of the plugin was repeating the system default locale in the locales list

0.7.0

New

• locales method returns the list of available languages for speech
• new optional localeId parameter on listen method supports choosing the comprehension language separately from the current system locale.

Breaking

• cancel and stop are now async

0.6.3

Fix

• request permission fix on Android to ensure it doesn't conflict with other requests

0.6.2

Fix

• channel invoke wasn't being done on the main thread in iOS

0.6.1

Fix

• listening sound was failing due to timing, now uses play and record mode on iOS.

0.6.0

Breaking

• The filenames for the optional sounds for iOS have changed.

New

• Added an optional listenFor parameter to set a max duration to listen for speech and then automatically cancel.

Fix

• Was failing to play sounds because of record mode. Now plays sounds before going into record mode and after coming out.
• Status listener was being ignored, now properly notifies on status changes.

0.5.1

• Fixes a problem where the recognizer left the AVAudioSession in record mode which meant that subsequent sounds couldn't be played.

0.5.0

Initial draft with limited functionality, supports:

• initializing speech recognition
• asking the user for permission if required
• listening for recognized speech
• canceling the current recognition session
• stopping the current recognition session
• Android and iOS 10+ support

Missing:

• some error handling
• testing across multiple OS versions
• and more, to be discovered...