Description

Open Voice OS microphone plugin for python-sounddevice library.

python-sounddevice uses PortAudio as audio library to interact with audio components.

PortAudio is a free, cross-platform, open-source, audio I/O library. It lets you write simple audio programs in 'C' or C++ that will compile and run on many platforms including Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Unix (OSS/ALSA). It is intended to promote the exchange of audio software between developers on different platforms. Many applications use PortAudio for Audio I/O.

This plugin should be used when Open Voice OS is running on a non-Linux environment such as Mac OS but will work perfectly when running on Linux environment as well.

Install

pip install ovos-microphone-plugin-sounddevice

Configuration

In order to inform the listener which plugin to use (default is set to ovos-microphone-plugin-alsa), the mycroft.conf configuration file should be updated.

{
  "listener": {
    "microphone": {
      "module": "ovos-microphone-plugin-sounddevice"
    }
  }
}

If you want to use a specific microphone, the device option must be specified.

{
  "listener": {
    "microphone": {
      "module": "ovos-microphone-plugin-sounddevice"
    },
  "device": "Built-in Microphone"
  }
}