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Recording voice and convert speech to text at the same time

I want to use the Web Speech API for speech recognition and record the user's voice in Android Devices at the same time (I mean user holds a button, his/her voice is recorded and transcript to text at the same time .
This is working perfectly in Windows but with Android it just returns the error :
no-speech
Seems like defining the MediaRecorder blocks access of microphone for Web Speech API in Android!
How can I fix this?
If I remove this line which is responsible for recording, speech recognition works again:
new MediaRecorder(stream); // adding this line ruins the speech recognition
Here is the code in action:
In the given code I didn't remove this, in order to show that the code won't work on Android devices:
Note: this code should be tested with an Android device, it is working fine in desktop.
CodePen: https://codepen.io/pixy-dixy/pen/GRddgYL?editors=1010
Demo here in SO:
let audioChunks = [];
let rec;
let stopRecognize;
const output = document.getElementById('output');
async function Recognize() {
console.log('Recognize')
let recognitionAllowed = true;
stopRecognize = function() {
if(recognitionAllowed) {
recognition.stop();
recognitionAllowed = false;
}
}
var SpeechRecognition = SpeechRecognition || webkitSpeechRecognition;
var SpeechGrammarList = SpeechGrammarList || webkitSpeechGrammarList;
var SpeechRecognitionEvent = SpeechRecognitionEvent || webkitSpeechRecognitionEvent;
var recognition = new SpeechRecognition();
var speechRecognitionList = new SpeechGrammarList();
recognition.grammars = speechRecognitionList;
recognition.lang = 'en-GB';
recognition.continuous = false;
recognition.interimResults = true;
recognition.maxAlternatives = 1;
recognition.start();
recognition.onresult = function(event) {
window.interim_transcript = '';
window.speechResult = '';
for(var i = event.resultIndex; i < event.results.length; ++i) {
if(event.results[i].isFinal) {
speechResult += event.results[i][0].transcript;
console.log(speechResult);
output.innerHTML = speechResult;
} else {
interim_transcript += event.results[i][0].transcript;
console.log(interim_transcript);
output.innerHTML = interim_transcript;
}
}
}
recognition.onerror = function(event) {
// restartRecognition();
console.log('recognition error: ' + event.error);
}
recognition.onend = async function(event) {
restartRecognition();
}
function restartRecognition() {
try { if(recognitionAllowed) recognition.start(); } catch(err) {}
}
}
const startRecognition = document.getElementById('start-recognition');
startRecognition.addEventListener('mousedown', handleRecognitionStart);
startRecognition.addEventListener('mouseup', handleRecognitionEnd);
startRecognition.addEventListener('touchstart', handleRecognitionStart);
startRecognition.addEventListener('touchend', handleRecognitionEnd);
function handleRecognitionStart(e) {
console.log('handleRecognitionStart', isTouchDevice)
const event = e.type;
if(isTouchDevice && event == 'touchstart') {
recognitionStart();
} else if(!isTouchDevice && event == 'mousedown') {
console.log('handleRecognitionStart')
recognitionStart();
}
}
const isTouchDevice = touchCheck();
function touchCheck() {
const maxTouchPoints = navigator.maxTouchPoints || navigator.msMaxTouchPoints;
return 'ontouchstart' in window || maxTouchPoints > 0 || window.matchMedia && matchMedia('(any-pointer: coarse)').matches;
}
function handleRecognitionEnd(e) {
const event = e.type;
console.log(':::', event == 'touchend');
if(isTouchDevice && event == 'touchend') {
recognitionEnd();
} else if(!isTouchDevice && event == 'mouseup') {
recognitionEnd();
}
}
function recognitionEnd() {
resetRecognition();
}
function recognitionStart() {
console.log('recognitionStart')
Recognize();
audioChunks = [];
voiceRecorder.start()
}
function resetRecognition() {
console.log('reset')
if(typeof stopRecognize == "function") stopRecognize();
// if(rec.state !== 'inactive') rec.stop();
voiceRecorder.stop()
}
const playAudio = document.getElementById('play');
playAudio.addEventListener('click', () => {
console.log('play');
voiceRecorder.play();
})
class VoiceRecorder {
constructor() {
if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
console.log("getUserMedia supported")
} else {
console.log("getUserMedia is not supported on your browser!")
}
this.mediaRecorder
this.stream
this.playerRef = document.querySelector("#player")
this.recorderRef = document.querySelector("#recorder")
this.chunks = []
this.isRecording = false
this.constraints = {
audio: true,
video: false
}
}
handleSuccess(stream) {
this.stream = stream
this.stream.oninactive = () => {
console.log("Stream ended!")
};
this.recorderRef.srcObject = this.stream
this.mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder(this.stream)
console.log(this.mediaRecorder)
this.mediaRecorder.ondataavailable = this.onMediaRecorderDataAvailable.bind(this)
this.mediaRecorder.onstop = this.onMediaRecorderStop.bind(this)
this.recorderRef.play()
this.mediaRecorder.start()
}
handleError(error) {
console.log("navigator.getUserMedia error: ", error)
}
onMediaRecorderDataAvailable(e) { this.chunks.push(e.data) }
onMediaRecorderStop(e) {
const blob = new Blob(this.chunks, { 'type': 'audio/ogg; codecs=opus' })
const audioURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob)
this.playerRef.src = audioURL;
this.chunks = [];
this.stream.getAudioTracks().forEach(track => track.stop());
this.stream = null;
}
play() { this.playerRef.play(); }
start() {
console.log('start')
if(this.isRecording) return;
console.log('33')
this.isRecording = true;
this.playerRef.src = '';
navigator.mediaDevices
.getUserMedia(this.constraints)
.then(this.handleSuccess.bind(this))
.catch(this.handleError.bind(this))
}
stop() {
if(!this.isRecording) return;
this.isRecording = false;
this.recorderRef.pause();
this.mediaRecorder.stop();
}
}
voiceRecorder = new VoiceRecorder();
<button id="start-recognition">Hold This Button and Speak In Android This should output the text and record your voice at the s</button>
<button id="play">Play Recorded Audio</button>
<h1 id="output">Voice over here</h1>
<audio id="recorder" muted hidden></audio>
<audio id="player" hidden></audio>

How can I differentiate the sound level of an audio track in a mediastream in JavaScript? [duplicate]

I'm using the Google Cloud API for Speech-to-text, with a NodeJS back-end.
The app needs to be able to listen for voice commands, and transmit them to the back-end as a buffer. For this, I need to send the buffer of the preceding audio when silence is detected.
Any help would be appreciated. Including the js code below
if (!navigator.getUserMedia)
navigator.getUserMedia = navigator.getUserMedia || navigator.webkitGetUserMedia ||
navigator.mozGetUserMedia || navigator.msGetUserMedia;
if (navigator.getUserMedia) {
navigator.getUserMedia({audio: true}, success, function (e) {
alert('Error capturing audio.');
});
} else alert('getUserMedia not supported in this browser.');
var recording = false;
window.startRecording = function () {
recording = true;
};
window.stopRecording = function () {
recording = false;
// window.Stream.end();
};
function success(e) {
audioContext = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
context = new audioContext();
// the sample rate is in context.sampleRate
audioInput = context.createMediaStreamSource(e);
var bufferSize = 4096;
recorder = context.createScriptProcessor(bufferSize, 1, 1);
recorder.onaudioprocess = function (e) {
if (!recording) return;
console.log('recording');
var left = e.inputBuffer.getChannelData(0);
console.log(convertoFloat32ToInt16(left));
};
audioInput.connect(recorder);
recorder.connect(context.destination);
}

I'm not too sure as to what exactly is being asked in the question, so this answer is only intended to give a way to detect silences in an AudioStream.
To detect silence in an AudioStream, you can use an AudioAnalyser node, on which you will call the getByteFrequencyData method at regular intervals, and check whether there were sounds higher than than your expected level for a given time.
You can set the threshold level directly with the minDecibels property of the AnalyserNode.
function detectSilence(
stream,
onSoundEnd = _=>{},
onSoundStart = _=>{},
silence_delay = 500,
min_decibels = -80
) {
const ctx = new AudioContext();
const analyser = ctx.createAnalyser();
const streamNode = ctx.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
streamNode.connect(analyser);
analyser.minDecibels = min_decibels;
const data = new Uint8Array(analyser.frequencyBinCount); // will hold our data
let silence_start = performance.now();
let triggered = false; // trigger only once per silence event
function loop(time) {
requestAnimationFrame(loop); // we'll loop every 60th of a second to check
analyser.getByteFrequencyData(data); // get current data
if (data.some(v => v)) { // if there is data above the given db limit
if(triggered){
triggered = false;
onSoundStart();
}
silence_start = time; // set it to now
}
if (!triggered && time - silence_start > silence_delay) {
onSoundEnd();
triggered = true;
}
}
loop();
}
function onSilence() {
console.log('silence');
}
function onSpeak() {
console.log('speaking');
}
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
audio: true
})
.then(stream => {
detectSilence(stream, onSilence, onSpeak);
// do something else with the stream
})
.catch(console.error);
And as a fiddle since stackSnippets may block gUM.

You can use SpeechRecognition result event to determine when a word or phrase has been recognized, for example, ls, cd, pwd or other commands, pass the .transcript of SpeechRecognitionAlternative to speechSynthesis.speak() where at attached start and end event of SpeechSynthesisUtterance call .start() or .resume() on MediaRecorder object where MediaStream is passed; convert the Blob at dataavailable event to an ArrayBuffer using FileReader or Response.arrayBuffer().
We could alternatively use audiostart or soundstart with audioend or soundend events of SpeechRecognition to record the users' actual voice, though the ends may not be fired consistently in relation to the actual start and end of audio captured by only a standard system microphone.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Speech Recognition Recording</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Stop speech command recognition" id="stop">
<script>
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
audio: true
})
.then(stream => {
const recorder = new MediaRecorder(stream);
const recognition = new webkitSpeechRecognition();
const synthesis = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance();
const handleResult = e => {
recognition.onresult = null;
console.log(e.results);
const result = e.results[e.results.length - 1];
if (result.isFinal) {
const [{transcript}] = result;
console.log(transcript);
synthesis.text = transcript;
window.speechSynthesis.speak(synthesis);
}
}
synthesis.onstart = () => {
if (recorder.state === "inactive") {
recorder.start()
} else {
if (recorder.state === "paused") {
recorder.resume();
}
}
}
synthesis.onend = () => {
recorder.pause();
recorder.requestData();
}
recorder.ondataavailable = async(e) => {
if (stream.active) {
try {
const blobURL = URL.createObjectURL(e.data);
const request = await fetch(blobURL);
const ab = await request.arrayBuffer();
console.log(blobURL, ab);
recognition.onresult = handleResult;
// URL.revokeObjectURL(blobURL);
} catch (err) {
throw err
}
}
}
recorder.onpause = e => {
console.log("recorder " + recorder.state);
}
recognition.continuous = true;
recognition.interimResults = false;
recognition.maxAlternatives = 1;
recognition.start();
recognition.onend = e => {
console.log("recognition ended, stream.active", stream.active);
if (stream.active) {
console.log(e);
// the service disconnects after a period of time
recognition.start();
}
}
recognition.onresult = handleResult;
stream.oninactive = () => {
console.log("stream ended");
}
document.getElementById("stop")
.onclick = () => {
console.log("stream.active:", stream.active);
if (stream && stream.active && recognition) {
recognition.abort();
recorder.stop();
for (let track of stream.getTracks()) {
track.stop();
}
console.log("stream.active:", stream.active);
}
}
})
.catch(err => {
console.error(err)
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
plnkr https://plnkr.co/edit/4DVEg6mhFRR94M5gdaIp?p=preview

The simplest approach would be to use .pause() and .resume(), .stop() methods of MediaRecorder() to allow user to start, pause, and stop recording audio captured utilizing navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia() and convert the resulting Blob to an ArrayBuffer, if that is what the api is expecting to be POSTed to server
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>User Media Recording</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Start/resume recording audio" id="start">
<input type="button" value="Pause recording audio" id="pause">
<input type="button" value="Stop recording audio" id="stop">
<script>
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
audio: true
})
.then(stream => {
const recorder = new MediaRecorder(stream);
recorder.ondataavailable = async(e) => {
if (stream.active) {
try {
const blobURL = URL.createObjectURL(e.data);
const request = await fetch(blobURL);
const ab = await request.arrayBuffer();
// do stuff with `ArrayBuffer` of recorded audio
console.log(blobURL, ab);
// we do not need the `Blob URL`, we can revoke the object
// URL.revokeObjectURL(blobURL);
} catch (err) {
throw err
}
}
}
recorder.onpause = e => {
console.log("recorder " + recorder.state);
recorder.requestData();
}
stream.oninactive = () => {
console.log("stream ended");
}
document.getElementById("start")
.onclick = () => {
if (recorder.state === "inactive") {
recorder.start();
} else {
recorder.resume();
}
console.log("recorder.state:", recorder.state);
}
document.getElementById("pause")
.onclick = () => {
if (recorder.state === "recording") {
recorder.pause();
}
console.log("recorder.state:", recorder.state);
}
document.getElementById("stop")
.onclick = () => {
if (recorder.state === "recording" || recorder.state === "paused") {
recorder.stop();
}
for (let track of stream.getTracks()) {
track.stop();
}
document.getElementById("start").onclick = null;
document.getElementById("pause").onclick = null;
console.log("recorder.state:", recorder.state
, "stream.active", stream.active);
}
})
.catch(err => {
console.error(err)
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
plnkr https://plnkr.co/edit/7caWYMsvub90G6pwDdQp?p=preview

unmute-mute and stop video in videocall

This code is not working as the video audio muted on the user1 screen but on the next user2 screen it's unable to stop. The same problem is with the mic. Please help me out.
I tried it out on the localhost only. Please tell if this problem occurs on localhost only or will occur in deployed web applications also.
const socket = io("/");
const chatInputBox = document.getElementById("chat_message");
const all_messages = document.getElementById("all_messages");
const main__chat__window = document.getElementById("main__chat__window");
const videotable = document.getElementById("video-table");
const myVideo = document.createElement("video");
myVideo.muted = true;//for not recieving own voice
var peer = new Peer(undefined, {
path: "/peerjs",
host: "/",
port: "3000",
});
let myVideoStream;
const peers = {};
var getUserMedia =
navigator.getUserMedia ||
navigator.webkitGetUserMedia ||
navigator.mozGetUserMedia;
//setting initial controls of video and passing them as constraints
const constraints = {
'video': true,
'audio': true
}
navigator.mediaDevices
.getUserMedia(constraints)
.then((stream) => {
myVideoStream = stream;
addVideoStream(myVideo,myVideoStream);//call to function addVideoStream
//answering to calls
peer.on("call", (call) => {
call.answer(myVideoStream);
const video = document.createElement("video");
call.on("stream", (userVideoStream) => {
addVideoStream(video, userVideoStream);// Show stream in some video/canvas element.
});
});
socket.on("user_connected", (userId) => {//recieving info
connectToNewUser(userId, stream);//call function with id and stream
});
//adding event for messages of chat
document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
if (e.which === 13 && chatInputBox.value != "") {
socket.emit("message", chatInputBox.value);
chatInputBox.value = "";
}
});
//adding text to chat window
socket.on("createMessage", (msg) => {
//console.log(msg);
let li = document.createElement("li");
li.innerHTML = msg;
all_messages.append(li);
main__chat__window.scrollTop = main__chat__window.scrollHeight;//scrolled to latest message
});
});
//For disconnecting user
socket.on('user_disconnected', userId => {
if (peers[userId]) peers[userId].close()
});
peer.on("call", function (call) {
getUserMedia(constraints,
function (stream) {
call.answer(stream); // Answer the call with an A/V stream.
const video = document.createElement("video");
call.on("stream", function (remoteStream) {
addVideoStream(video, remoteStream); // Show stream in some video/canvas element.
});
},
function (err) {
console.log("Failed to get local stream", err);
}
);
});
peer.on("open", (id) => {//send with an id for user
// on open will be launch when you successfully connect to PeerServ
socket.emit("join_room", ROOM_ID, id);//emiting event
});
// Fetch an array of devices of a certain type
async function getConnectedDevices(type) {
const devices = await navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices();
return devices.filter(device => device.kind === type)
}
// Open camera with echoCancellation for better audio
async function openCamera(cameraId) {
const constraints = {
'audio': {'echoCancellation': true}
}
return await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints);
}
const cameras = getConnectedDevices('videoinput');
if (cameras && cameras.length > 0) {
const stream = openCamera(cameras[0].deviceId);
}
function connectToNewUser (userId, streams) {
const call = peer.call(userId, streams);
//console.log(call);
const video = document.createElement("video");
call.on("stream", (userVideoStream) => {
//console.log(userVideoStream);
addVideoStream(video, userVideoStream);
});
call.on('close', () => {
video.remove()//for removing video elemnt on closing call
});
peers[userId] = call;
};
const addVideoStream = (videoEl, stream) => {
videoEl.srcObject = stream;
videoEl.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", () => {
videoEl.play();
});
videotable.append(videoEl);//adding video to front-end
let totalUsers = document.getElementsByTagName("video").length;
if (totalUsers > 1) {
for (let index = 0; index < totalUsers; index++) {
document.getElementsByTagName("video")[index].style.width =
100 / totalUsers + "%";
}
}
};
//js for pause and play of video
const playStop = () => {
let enabled = myVideoStream.getVideoTracks()[0].enabled;
if (enabled) {
myVideoStream.getVideoTracks()[0].enabled = false;
setPlayVideo();
} else {
myVideoStream.getVideoTracks()[0].enabled = true;
setStopVideo();
}
};
//js of pause and play of audio
const muteUnmute = () => {
let enabled = myVideoStream.getAudioTracks()[0].enabled;
if (enabled) {
myVideoStream.getAudioTracks()[0].enabled = false;
setUnmuteButton();
} else {
myVideoStream.getAudioTracks()[0].enabled = true;
setMuteButton();
}
};
//setting icon for representing current state of video
const setPlayVideo = () => {
const html = `<i class="unmute fa fa-pause-circle"></i>
<span class="unmute">Resume Video</span>`;
document.getElementById("playPauseVideo").innerHTML = html;
};
//setting icon for representing current state of video
const setStopVideo = () => {
const html = `<i class=" fa fa-video-camera"></i>
<span class="">Pause Video</span>`;
document.getElementById("playPauseVideo").innerHTML = html;
};
//setting icon for representing current state of audio
const setUnmuteButton = () => {
const html = `<i class="unmute fa fa-microphone-slash"></i>
<span class="unmute">Unmute</span>`;
document.getElementById("muteButton").innerHTML = html;
};
//setting icon for representing current state of audio
const setMuteButton = () => {
const html = `<i class="fa fa-microphone"></i>
<span>Mute</span>`;
document.getElementById("muteButton").innerHTML = html;
};
This code is not working as the video audio muted on the user1 screen but on the next user2 screen it's unable to stop. The same problem is with the mic. Please help me out.
I tried it out on the localhost only. Please tell if this problem occurs on localhost only or will occur in deployed web applications also.

Audio having a weird behaviour while being played

I have a problem with playing audio when I press or click a button.
Drum Machine
It seems like my audio has a delay but I put a audio.currentTime = 0, so I don't know what's going on.
Here is my JS:
const $ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
const sounds = [
{id:'Bass Drum', letter:'Q', src:'https://dight310.byu.edu/media/audio/FreeLoops.com/3/3/Free%20Kick%20Sample%2011-909-Free-Loops.com.mp3'}
];
let volumeVal = 0.5;
$('input[type=range]')[0].addEventListener('input', function(e) {
volumeVal = e.target.value / 100;
});
function main(url, name) {
const audio = new Audio(url);
audio.currentTime = 0;
audio.preload = "auto";
audio.volume = parseFloat(volumeVal);
audio.play();
$('.name')[0].textContent = name;
}
window.onkeydown = function(e) {
function seter(id) {
setTimeout(() => {
$(`.${id}-but`)[0].classList.add('pressed');
setTimeout(() => {
$(`.${id}-but`)[0].classList.remove('pressed');
}, 140);
}, 0);
}
switch(e.key) {
case 'q':
main(sounds[0].src, sounds[0].id);
seter('q');
break;
}
}
$('.q-but')[0].addEventListener('click', () => {
main(sounds[0].src, sounds[0].id);
});

First off, big thanks to #Seblor for providing me with the solution.
I solved my problem by creating audio node for each sound:
<audio id="bass" preload="auto" src="https://dight310.byu.edu/media/audio/FreeLoops.com/3/3/Free%20Kick%20Sample%2011-909-Free-Loops.com.mp3"></audio>
And inside my JS file I added this event listener for every button:
$('.q-but')[0].addEventListener('click', () => {
const audio = $("#bass")[0];
audio.currentTime = 0;
audio.play();
});
Of course, now I could make my code less repetitive because I am doing this for all 9 buttons. And eventually I will.

convert audio buffer to play as audio element

I'm using the souncloud api to stream audio from soundcloud. However, I'm trying to get the tracks BPM programmatically so I have the following
Soundcloud.prototype.play = function (options) {
options = options || {};
var src;
if (options.streamUrl) {
src = options.streamUrl;
} else if (this._playlist) {
var length = this._playlist.tracks.length;
if (length) {
if (options.playlistIndex === undefined) {
this._playlistIndex = this._playlistIndex || 0;
} else {
this._playlistIndex = options.playlistIndex;
}
// be silent if index is out of range
if (this._playlistIndex >= length || this._playlistIndex < 0) {
this._playlistIndex = 0;
return;
}
src = this._playlist.tracks[this._playlistIndex].stream_url;
}
} else if (this._track) {
src = this._track.stream_url;
}
if (!src) {
throw new Error('There is no tracks to play, use `streamUrl` option or `load` method');
}
if (this._clientId) {
src = _appendQueryParam(src, 'client_id', this._clientId);
}
if (src !== this.audio.src) {
pulse.loadBufferFromURI(src, (event, pulse) => {
this.trackBPM = pulse.beat.bpm
this.audio.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(pulse.renderedBuffer);
this.playing = src;
console.log('trackBPM',pulse.beat.bpm);
})
} else return this.audio.play();
};
Now
pulse.loadBufferFromURI(src, (event, pulse) => {
this.trackBPM = pulse.beat.bpm
this.audio.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(pulse.renderedBuffer);
this.playing = src;
console.log('trackBPM',pulse.beat.bpm);
})
attempts to load the stream_url as aduiobuffer to get the bpm. The question is can I covert the buffer into a source compatible enough to play using <audio> element, reason being I want to take advantage of the event listeners...