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Overview
This page gives an overview of all the components that make up the toolkit, with links to their individual documentation if available.
Modules
- NPCEditor
- Nonverbal Behavior Generator
- SmartBody
- AcquireSpeech Client
- Pocketsphinx-sonic-server
- vhtoolkitUnity
- Ogre
- Text To Speech Interface
- Watson
- MultiSense
- Rapport
Tools
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This section lists all the 3rd party software needed to run the toolkit. This software is bundled with the toolkit.
Users
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- Java Runtime 6u10 6u26 (http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/6u10/index.html)
- Visual Studio 2008 Redistributable (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en)
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Redistributable (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en)
- DirectX Redistributable (March 2009) (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en)
- ActiveMQ Server 5.2.0.2 (http://activemq.apache.org) (no windows installer is available directly through Apache, but is included with the appropriate Toolkit installers)
Developers
- All user requirements (above)
- Java JDK 6u10 6u26 (http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/6u10/index.html)
- Ant 1.7 (http://ant.apache.org)
- JAVA_HOME environment variable set (Still?)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 2010 (optional, but preferred)
Third Party
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Alternatives
Some of the toolkit components are mere proof-of-concepts rather than state of the art solutions. This section lists alternatives to some of these components.
Speech Recognition
Conversational speech recognizers often need to be trained for use with specific domains. Untrained recognizers may perform poorly. Some recognizer options are:
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If you are interested in the USC Signal Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory providing you with custom speech models for Sonic, please contact us.
Text To Speech
The toolkit uses MS SAPI as a TTS interface, so that any SAPI compatible voice can be used with the toolkit. Using a new voice only requires downloading and installing it and changing the character's voice ID. See the FAQ for details.
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Festival offers other voices with better quality but might require licensing.
Renderer
SmartBody has been integrated with the following renderers:
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