vrExpress

vrExpress char-id addressee-id utterance-id xml-messsage

Description

Sent from an agent or Dialogue Manager the NonVerbal Behavior Generator.  Usually containing the line the character will say and for which nonverbal behavior needs to be generated. Can contain more high level instructions on what type of behavior to generate.

Parameters

• character-id, ID of the virtual human (i.e. 'ChrBrad')
• addressee-id, ID of the addressee (i.e. 'user')
• utterance-id, unique ID within a session
• xml-message, the text to be turned into audio, in XML format (see below for examples)

Examples

RemoteSpeechCmd speak ChrBrad 1 Festival_voice_cmu_us_jmk_arctic_clunits ../../data/cache/audio/utt_20121109_153323_ChrBrad_1.aiff <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><speech id="sp1" ref="Anybody-1" type="application/ssml+xml"><mark name="T0" />Hi
                      	<mark name="T1" /><mark name="T2" />there,
                      	<mark name="T3" /><mark name="T4" />how
                      	<mark name="T5" /><mark name="T6" />are
                      	<mark name="T7" /><mark name="T8" />you.
                      	<mark name="T9" /></speech>

 

Sending Components

• SmartBody

Receiving Components

• ttsRelay

Related messages

• RemoteSpeechReply