“Giving voice an action in React and React Native”

Wouter van den Broek

@wbroek

Wouter

holland

source: Voicebot

source: Voicebot

source: Voicebot

source: Voicebot

how does this voice thing work

What is this react native

javascript core

what can we use it for?

• SPeech to text to fill text entries

• invoke actions in the app

• invoke the app

• feedback with voice

speech to text

• Natively available

• on-device & in-browser

• 20+ LANGUAGES SUPPORTED

• react-native-voice
  react-speech-recognition

DEMO

invoke actions

• getting intent

• online serviceS API

• LANGUAGE SPECIFIC

• specific for your app

DEMO

invoke app

• SIRI shortcut on ios

• voice actions on google (restricted)

• native app only

• hard to explain to user

DEMO

feedback voice

• read aloud thru Synthesis

• different voices and languages

• in browser

• on device

DEMO

summary

• voice getting big

• Implementing voice getting easy

• use for non-critical parts