STT Configuration

Several STT engines have different configuration settings for optimizing its use. Several have different voices to use, or you can specify a specific STT server to use.

We will cover basic configuration of the default STT engine ovos-stt-plugin-server

All changes will be made in the User configuration file, eg. ~/.config/mycroft/mycroft.conf

Open the file for editing. nano ~/.config/mycroft/mycroft.conf

If your file is empty, or does not have a "stt" section, you need to create it. Add this to your config

{
    "stt": {
        "module": "ovos-stt-plugin-server",
        "fallback_module": "ovos-stt-plugin-vosk",
        "ovos-stt-plugin-server": {
            "url": "https://fasterwhisper.ziggyai.online/stt"
        }
        "ovos-stt-plugin-vosk": {}
    }
}

By default, the language that is configured with OVOS will be used, but should (WIP), detect the spoken language and convert it as necessary.

Sections explained

"module" - This is where you specify what STT module to use.

"fallback_module" - If by chance your first STT engine fails, OVOS will try to use this one. It is usually configured to use an on device engine so that you always have some output even if you are disconnected from the internet.

"ovos-tts-server-plugin"

"ovos-tts-plugin-piper" - Specify specific plugin settings here. Multiple entries are allowed. If an empty dict is provided, {}, the plugin will use its default values.

Refer to the STT plugin GitHub repository for specifications on each plugin