I've been writing a chat app to work with bluetooth headsets/earphones. So far I've been able to record audio files via the mic in a bluetooth headset and I've been able to get Speech-to-text working with the Android device's built in microphone, using RecogniserIntent etc.
But I can't find a way of getting SpeechRecogniser to listen through the Bluetooth mic.Is it even possible to do so, and if so, how?
Current Device: Samsung Galax
Android Version: 4.4.2
Edit: I found some options hidden in my tablets settings for the Speech Recognizer, one of these is a tick box labeled "use bluetooth microphone" but it seems to have no effect.
Found the answer to my own question so I'm posting it for others to use:
In order to get speak recognition to work with a Bluetooth Mic you first need to get the device as a BluetoothHeadset Object and then call .startVoiceRecognition() on it, this will set the mode to Voice recognition.
Once finished you need to call .stopVoiceRecognition().
You get the BluetoothHeadset as such:
private void SetupBluetooth()
{
btAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
pairedDevices = btAdapter.getBondedDevices();
BluetoothProfile.ServiceListener mProfileListener = new BluetoothProfile.ServiceListener() {
public void onServiceConnected(int profile, BluetoothProfile proxy)
{
if (profile == BluetoothProfile.HEADSET)
{
btHeadset = (BluetoothHeadset) proxy;
}
}
public void onServiceDisconnected(int profile)
{
if (profile == BluetoothProfile.HEADSET) {
btHeadset = null;
}
}
};
btAdapter.getProfileProxy(SpeechActivity.this, mProfileListener, BluetoothProfile.HEADSET);
}
Then you get call startVoiceRecognition() and send off your voice recognition intent like so:
private void startVoice()
{
if(btAdapter.isEnabled())
{
for (BluetoothDevice tryDevice : pairedDevices)
{
//This loop tries to start VoiceRecognition mode on every paired device until it finds one that works(which will be the currently in use bluetooth headset)
if (btHeadset.startVoiceRecognition(tryDevice))
{
break;
}
}
}
recogIntent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);
recogIntent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL, RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);
recog = SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(SpeechActivity.this);
recog.setRecognitionListener(new RecognitionListener()
{
.........
});
recog.startListening(recogIntent);
}