Text Input and Voice
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The text input and voice features introduce how you can convert speech to text and back to speech, and provide customized keyboards and voice control, and retrieve previous data in a text input field.
You can use the following text input and voice features in your native applications:
- Input Method [1]
You can create an Input Method Editor (IME) application that provides a customized keyboard for the user. You can show and hide the keyboard as needed, and offer a keyboard option menu to allow the user to manage the keyboard settings.
- Autofill [2]
You can retrieve the previously entered data stored in an autofill service.
- Autofill Service [3]
You can create an autofill service application that saves and provides the data previously entered by the user.
- Autofill Manager [4]
You can create an Autofill manager application that shows installed Autofill service and switches to the selected Autofill service.
- Speech-to-text [5]
You can recognize sound data recorded by the user and send the result as text. The result text can, for example, be displayed on the screen.
- Text-to-speech [6]
You can synthesize text into sound data as utterances and play it. You can also control the playback by pausing, resuming, and stopping it, as needed.
- Voice Control [7]
You can allow the user to control the device through voice commands. You can register voice commands, which trigger a callback when the user speaks them. Voice commands registered for EFL-supported UI components can be used to perform component-related actions, such as button clicks.
- Voice Control Engine [8]
You can manage Voice-Control-Engine (VCE) service application and control the recorded audio. The result of audio recording is sent as a predefined command.