Change Release Notes
This update includes many back-end changes to the UI and audio engine. Specifically, the most significant changes were to the audio speech synthesis, which now allows audio effects.
Cheat sheet formatted in a tree view rather than a long scrolling list of items
Ability to load and save sound effect configuration settings
Fix saving variable name in checkbox and Combobox for interface builder
Audio speech synthesis effects (editable in the Speech synthesis settings robot skill)
speech synthesis settings have a Speed option
ezb emulator now emulates the audio stream
added Leonardo support for sr04 (it needs the updated firmware)
display the ARC account email address in the log when loaded
a new event for PWM in ezb class for OnChange
PWM robot skill uses the new event for changing PWM rather than using a timer
stop the ping radar, ping collision, and ping when attempting to read from an ezb that does not support the ping capability (Rather than filling the log with errors)
Fix for loading projects with 20 robot skills without a subscription
- Changes to Bing Speech Recognition
- has a "Wake word" option
- plays a custom sound when hearing wake word
- has max recording time option
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I love the changes!
The addition of a Wake word for Bing is an amazing addition. Now I can delete my custom method of using a wake word and use this built in method! I haven't tried it yet but I hope there is a way to run a script when the wake word is heard. Also I hope there is a way to turn off that custom sound. We'll see, I'm really excited to check this out.Make the wake word a blank sound if you don't want a sound.