Chant Developer Workbench Releases

Released: Sep 6, 2022

Updates in 2022 (9.0.0.3)

Features

Command and Dictation vocabulary support for mobile and Mac platforms

  • With command-based recognition, all types of applications are now possible using speech recognition. This is because recognized speech can be matched and associated with properties that drive data capture, selection, and navigational tasks.
  • Dictation-based or continuous recognition is also supported where utterance capture continues for long annotations until stopped by the app.
  • Mobile and Mac apps now enjoy...

Released: Jul 7, 2022

Updates in 2022 (9.0.0.0)

Features

  • Updated support for Acapela, Apple, Cepstral, CereProc, Google, Microsoft and Nuance speech technologies.
  • Updated Microsoft .NET assemblies for .NET Frameworks 4.5+, 3.1, 5.0 and 6.0.
  • Updated Java JAR libraries for JDKs 1.8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.
  • Updated C++, Embarcadero C++Builder, and Embarcadero Delphi libraries.
  • Updated Android Java JAR libraries.
  • Updated Objective-C and Swift libraries for Apple iOS and Mac.
  • Updated Developer Workbench UI for streamlined development and...

Released: Dec 14, 2021

Updates in 2021 (8.0.1.1)

Features

  • New Speech Manager enables applications to easily create and schedule speech processing requests.
    • Developers now have the ability to quickly and easily generate and manage speech processings with a few lines of code. Speech Manager provides high-value capabilities that leverage Acapela, CereProc, Cepstral, Microsoft, and Nuance speech technologies.
    • There are two types of speech requests supported: transcription and speech synthesis.
      • With transcription requests, audio streams (i.e...

Released: Oct 18, 2021

Updates in 2021 (8.0.1.0)

Features

  • Improved speech recognition accuracy and speech synthesis clarity with phonemes.

Released: Jul 8, 2021

Updates in 2021 (8.0.0.0)

Features

Gain development productivity and runtime efficiency

  • Learn by Example - See how easy it is to develop software that speaks, listens and detects movement with example apps. Simply compile and run sample apps using your favorite IDE and programming language.
  • Direct Speech Recognition Requests - You can now recognize speech directly bypassing vocabulary management and queue processing. StartRecognition method enables continuous speech recognition if no vocabularies are enabled and the...

Released: Mar 16, 2021

Updates in 2020 (7.0.3.2)

Features

  • Audio Search helper class library now includes support for word spotting searches. Audio is word spotted with a list of keywords (i.e., single words or phrases) first. Then one or more searches may be performed to match a keyword originally used in the word spotting. Matches are returned as offsets in seconds.

Released: Feb 20, 2021

Updates in 2020 (7.0.3.1)

Features

  • Added support for Microsoft WindowsMedia speech recognition and speech synthesis on Microsoft Windows 10 for desktop (x86 and x64) applications via WinRT (Windows Runtime).

Released: Jan 18, 2021

Updates in 2020 (7.0.3.0)

Features

Audio Search

  • Chant Audio Search enables applications to find the time offsets for specific words, phrases and sub-phrases in audio recordings.
  • The search terms can be a simple string or Regular Expression pattern.
  • An audio recording is transcribed first from which one or more searches may be performed. Matches are returned for the entire recording as offsets in seconds.
  • Audio Search class libraries are available for C++, Embarcadero C++Builder, Embarcadero Delphi, Java, C#, and VB .NET...

Released: Dec 23, 2020

Updates in 2020 (7.0.2.0)

Features

  • Added support for Acapela:
    • Synthesize text to speech with a simple request.
    • Generate Acapela TTS Tags for enhancing speech synthesis.
    • Edit word pronunciations for enhancing synthesis clarity.
    • Select and adjust synthesizer and audio options and property settings dynamically.
    • Integrate with almost any application type, architecture, programming language, and development environment used for Microsoft Windows platforms.

Released: Sep 11, 2020

Updates in 2020 (7.0.1)

Features

  • Added SpeechKit Android libraries for voice-enabling Android apps.
  • Includes samples for Android Studio, Embarcadero C++Builder, Embarcadero Delphi, and Xamarin.
  • Added support for Google android.speech (recognition) and Google android.speech.tts (synthesis) speech APIs.