Proposal: Allow jasper to execute commands while passive listening?

[dmbuchta]

Has there been any thought about allowing Jasper to execute a command at the same time as hearing his name. Instead of:

Me: Jasper
High Beep
Me: What time is it?
Low Beep

It could be:
Me: Jasper what time is it?
Low Beep (if valid)
High Beep (if not valid)

[G10DRAS]

This is possible but its not straight forward, need changes in Jasper code. And with such implementation, there is a possibility of spamming STT (if you are using online services) with garbage requests.

[dmbuchta]

Well STT gets spammed regardless since Jasper is always listening for the keyword "Jasper", is it not?

[dmbuchta]

If that's incorrect than please let me know because that's another issue I'm trying to deal with.

[G10DRAS]

You can configure Jasper with 2 STT.

1. stt_passive_engine ---> usually offline STT Pocketsphinx, for Keyword (ex: 'JASPER') detection
2. stt_engine ----> An Offline or Online STT, for handling phrases/commands

A sample configuration in profile.yml

stt_engine: google   
stt_passive_engine: sphinx
pocketsphinx:
  fst_model: <path_to_fst_model>
  hmm_dir: <path_to_hmm_dir>

So your example above will looks like

Me: Jasper -----> ( This part will handle by stt_passive_engine)
High Beep
Me: What time is it? ------> (This part will handle by stt_engine)
Low Beep

See stt_passive_engine implementation part in jasper.py

    try:
        slug = self.config['stt_passive_engine']
        stt_passive_engine_class = stt.get_engine_by_slug(slug)
    except KeyError:
        stt_passive_engine_class = stt_engine_class

[dmbuchta]

ahhhh, I never noticed this. Thanks! This will definitely help.

[andweber]

just as reference, there is a pull request for this topic: #434