4 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
jp9000
950f677cc2 frontend-tools: Reset stop event before starting captions
In case the stop event has already been set and hasn't had a chance to
unset for whatever reason.
2016-12-23 20:21:56 -08:00
jp9000
d32f7c95a2 frontend-tools: Detach caption thread if critical failure
Prevents the thread from being considered "active" if a critical failure
occur, so calling the stop function won't be necessary.
2016-12-23 20:21:55 -08:00
jp9000
869692098a frontend-tools: Add ability to select caption language
Also, default to current user UI language.
2016-12-23 20:21:54 -08:00
jp9000
b8e078f2bf frontend-tools: Add caption generation tool (windows)
Allows generating captions via the windows speech recognition API
(SAPI).

This is currently marked as experimental due to speech recognition
technology still being less than ideal.  Speech recognition technology
in general is probably never going to be anywhere near perfect.
Microsoft's speech recognition in particular requires a bit of training
via the windows speech recognition tool to ensure it can dictate better.
Clear speech with a good mic is recognized fairly well, but casual
speech and/or speaking with a poor microphone will have some significant
issues.  Captions can often be way off when speaking casually rather
than with clear diction.
2016-12-23 10:37:13 -08:00