Usage instructions or sample code missing

[bittner]

I need a UI control that allows me to record a short period of sound for a speech-to-text translation app. I'm not sure the code in this repo will help me. It should be a simple button with a microphone icon that records a wave file as long a you press the button, and saves it as soon as you release the button.

For the API I'm planning to use (Houndify) it should be "WAV (with a valid header) or Speex format". That file I will send with a HTTPS POST request over to the API, and receive a JSON response.

If this repo had a bit of a sample code in the README, if not a dedicated example project, that were nice!

[bittner]

Not sure how this code here is related to LP:snaprecorder.

BTW, I'd like to write code in Python, or at least in QML only if possible.

[sverzegnassi]

Hi Peter,

Yes, snaprecorder is based on a test/example app I wrote some time ago (which uses a slightly updated version of the code uploaded in this branch)

The example app I mentioned above is located at:
lp:~verzegnassi-stefano/+junk/recorder-test

As long as it's okay for you to add this C++ plugin to your project, you can do something like:
http://pastebin.com/ecGASJF5

This code has been written for a Ubuntu (Touch) app that has never been released. There were several bug on the platform at the time, and I never found the interest (and time) to update it, so everything has been abandoned.

Now that the "Ubuntu for phones" platform is more mature, it could be worth to give a refresh to the code. I'll keep in mind to add some documentation and a few examples.

Thanks!