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ALSpeakingMovement API

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Namespace : AL

ALSpeakingMovement does not have a specialized proxy yet.

Methods

void ALSpeakingMovementProxy::setEnabled(const bool& enabled)

Enables or disables the speaking movements.

Parameters:
  • enabled – True to enable, False to disable.
bool ALSpeakingMovementProxy::isEnabled()

Returns whether the speaking movements are enabled.

Returns:True if the speaking movements are enabled, False otherwise.
bool ALSpeakingMovementProxy::isRunning()

Returns whether the speaking movements are running.

Returns:True if the speaking movements are running, False otherwise.
void ALSpeakingMovementProxy::setMode(const std::string& mode)

Sets the current speaking movement mode.

Parameters:
  • mode –

    The chosen speaking movement mode.

    2 modes exist:

    “random”

    “contextual”

For further details, see: Speaking Movement Modes.

std::string ALSpeakingMovementProxy::getMode()

Returns the current speaking movement mode.

Returns:The current speaking movement mode.

For further details, see: Speaking Movement Modes.

void ALSpeakingMovementProxy::addTagsToWords(const ALValue& tagsToWords)

Links some words to some specific animation tags.

Parameters:
  • tagsToWords – Map of tags to words.

For further details, see: Speaking Movement Modes.

alspeakingmovement_add_links_between_tags_and_words.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: UTF-8 -*-

"""Example: Use ALSpeakingMovement and ALAnimatedSpeech Modules"""

import qi
import argparse
import sys


def main(session):
    """
    This example uses the ALSpeakingMovement and ALAnimatedSpeech modules.
    """
    # Get the services ALSpeakingMovement and ALAnimatedSpeech.

    speak_move_service = session.service("ALSpeakingMovement")
    anim_speech_service = session.service("ALAnimatedSpeech")

    # removes all the tagged words dynamically added by the method addTagsToWords()
    speak_move_service.resetTagsToWords()

    # here the word "testword" is not linked with with the tag "hello"
    anim_speech_service.say("I am saying the word testword !")

    # associate word "hey" with animation tag "hello"
    # associate word "yo" with animation tag "hello"
    # associate word "testword" with animation tag "hello"
    # assiciate word "everybody" with animation tag "everything"
    ttw = { "hello" : ["hey", "yo", "testword"],
            "everything" : ["everybody"] }
    speak_move_service.addTagsToWords(ttw)

    # here the word "testword" is linked with with the tag "hello"
    anim_speech_service.say("I am saying the word testword !")



if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("--ip", type=str, default="127.0.0.1",
                        help="Robot IP address. On robot or Local Naoqi: use '127.0.0.1'.")
    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=9559,
                        help="Naoqi port number")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    session = qi.Session()
    try:
        session.connect("tcp://" + args.ip + ":" + str(args.port))
    except RuntimeError:
        print ("Can't connect to Naoqi at ip \"" + args.ip + "\" on port " + str(args.port) +".\n"
               "Please check your script arguments. Run with -h option for help.")
        sys.exit(1)
    main(session)
void ALSpeakingMovementProxy::resetTagsToWords()

Removes all the tagged words dynamically added by the method ALSpeakingMovementProxy::addTagsToWords.

For further details, see: Speaking Movement Modes.