Cheetah Speech-to-Text
Java Quick Start

Platforms

• Linux (x86_64)
• macOS (x86_64, arm64)
• Windows (x86_64)
• Raspberry Pi (3, 4, 5)

Requirements

• Picovoice Account and AccessKey
• Java 11+

Picovoice Account & AccessKey

Signup or Login to Picovoice Console to get your AccessKey. Make sure to keep your AccessKey secret.

Quick Start

Setup

1. Install JDK 11+.

2. Install the Java binding from the Maven Central Repository at:

ai.picovoice:cheetah-java:${version}

Usage

Create an instance of the engine with the Cheetah Streaming Speech-to-Text Builder class:

import ai.picovoice.cheetah.*;

final String accessKey = "${ACCESS_KEY}"; // AccessKey provided by Picovoice Console (https://console.picovoice.ai/)

try {
    Cheetah cheetah = new Cheetah.Builder()
        .setAccessKey(accessKey).build();
} catch (CheetahException ex) { }

Transcribe audio:

short[] getNextAudioFrame() {
    // .. get audioFrame
    return audioFrame;
}

String transcript = "";

while true {
    CheetahTranscript transcriptObj = cheetah.process(getNextAudioFrame());
    transcript += transcriptObj.getTranscript();

    if (transcriptObj.getIsEndpoint()) {
        CheetahTranscript finalTranscriptObj = cheetah.flush();
        transcript += finalTranscriptObj.getTranscript();
    }
}

When done resources have to be released explicitly:

cheetah.delete();

Demo

For the Cheetah Streaming Speech-to-Text Java SDK, we offer demo applications that demonstrate how to use the Speech-to-Text engine on real-time audio streams (i.e. microphone input).

Setup

1. Clone the Cheetah Streaming Speech-to-Text repository from GitHub using HTTPS:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Picovoice/cheetah.git

2. Build the Cheetah Streaming Speech-to-Text Java demo using Gradle:

cd cheetah/demo/java
./gradlew build

Usage

To see the usage options for the demos, use the -h flag:

java -jar build/libs/cheetah-mic-demo.jar -h

Ensure you have a working microphone connected to your system and run the following command to perform live speech-to-text:

java -jar build/libs/cheetah-mic-demo.jar -a ${ACCESS_KEY}

For more information on our Cheetah Streaming Speech-to-Text demos for Java, head over to our GitHub repository.

Resources