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Azure SR Plugin 1.28.0 Released


Microsoft Azure Speech Recognition (SR) Plugin 1.28.0 to the UniMRCP Server (UMS) has been released.

The plugin is based on the following components:

  • Microsoft Speech WebSocket Protocol
  • Libevent 2.1.9
  • Rapidjson 1.1.0

The plugin supports the following endpoints:

  • Speech Service (regional)
  • Custom Speech Service (regional)
  • Speech Service (containerized)
  • Custom Speech Service (containerized)
  • Speech Service (private)
  • Custom Speech Service (private)

The plugin is available for the following UMS versions:

  • 1.7.0
  • 1.8.0

The binaries are currently available for the following Linux distributions:

  • Red Hat / CentOS 7
    • unimrcp-azure-sr-1.7.26-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
    • unimrcp-azure-sr-1.8.6-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • Red Hat / CentOS 8
    • unimrcp-azure-sr-1.7.26-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
    • unimrcp-azure-sr-1.8.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • unimrcp-azure-sr_1.7.26-focal_amd64.deb
    • unimrcp-azure-sr_1.8.6-focal_amd64.deb
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    • unimrcp-azure-sr_1.7.26-jammy_amd64.deb
    • unimrcp-azure-sr_1.8.6-jammy_amd64.deb

This release adds support for language-based on-prem service endpoints used with multi-language applications. The release provides other minor fixes and improvements.

The detailed list of changes introduced in this release follows.
New Features
  • Added support for language-based on-prem service endpoints used with multi-language applications.
  • Added support for optional prefix used with names of vendor-specific parameters.
Fixed Problems
  • The language specified as meta data in SRGS XML should have higher precedence than the language of the speech context itself.
  • Properly support changes in the language or service endpoint in subsequent requests placed in the scope of the same MRCP session.
Configuration Parameters
  • Added a new attribute 'language' to the element 'service-endpoint'.
  • Added a new attribute 'vendor-specific-prefix' to the element 'ws-streaming-recognition'.
  • Added a new element 'styles' to the element 'voice'.
Miscellaneous
  • When an HTTP request fails, log the status string in addition to the response code.
  • Updated the Usage Guide to reflect the changes introduced in this release.

Visit the Azure SR plugin page for more information.

Thank you for using UniMRCP.

--
Arsen Chaloyan
Author of UniMRCP
http://www.unimrcp.org

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