iOS Question offline iSpeechRecognition

[Mike1970]

Hi everyone, i'm programming an app where could be cool to support voice to text functionality.
I read (and noticed) that it works only when the phone is connected to the internet.
The tutorial is dated 2016. Is there a offline way to do it now?

Thanks in advance

 

[Erel]

Internet connection is not required in iOS 13+ if the language data is available on the device.
It should happen automatically.

You can test whether it is available offline with:

'based on the example code
If speech.SetLanguage(lang) = False Then
    TextView1.Text = "Speech Recognition not available."
Else
    TextView1.Text = "Ready!"
    If App.OSVersion >= 13 Then
        Dim no As NativeObject = speech
        Dim OfflineSupported As Boolean = no.GetField("recognizer").GetField("supportsOnDeviceRecognition").AsBoolean
        Log(OfflineSupported)
    End If
    SetState(True)
End If

 

[Mike1970]

Internet connection is not required in iOS 13+ if the language data is available on the device.
It should happen automatically.

You can test whether it is available offline with:

'based on the example code
If speech.SetLanguage(lang) = False Then
    TextView1.Text = "Speech Recognition not available."
Else
    TextView1.Text = "Ready!"
    If App.OSVersion >= 13 Then
        Dim no As NativeObject = speech
        Dim OfflineSupported As Boolean = no.GetField("recognizer").GetField("supportsOnDeviceRecognition").AsBoolean
        Log(OfflineSupported)
    End If
    SetState(True)
End If

The Speech_AuthorizationStatusChanged is like so:

Sub Speech_AuthorizationStatusChanged (Status As Int)
    If speech.IsAuthorized Then
        Dim lang As String
        If speech.SupportedLanguages.IndexOf(speech.DefaultLanguage) > -1 Then
            lang = speech.DefaultLanguage
        Else
            lang = "it"
        End If
     
'        If speech.SetLanguage(lang) = False Then
'            TextView1.Text = "Speech Recognition not available."
'        Else
'            TextView1.Text = "Ready!"
'            SetState(True)
'        End If
     
        'based on the example code
        If speech.SetLanguage(lang) = False Then
            TextView1.Text = "Speech Recognition not available."
        Else
            TextView1.Text = "Ready!"
            If App.OSVersion >= 13 Then
                Dim no As NativeObject = speech
                Dim OfflineSupported As Boolean = no.GetField("recognizer").GetField("supportsOnDeviceRecognition").AsBoolean
                Log(OfflineSupported)
            End If
            SetState(True)
        End If
    Else
        TextView1.Text = "Not authorized..."
    End If
End Sub

In airplane mode it says that is not available, i've the latest iOS installed.
OfflineSupported result is false

 

[Erel]

This means that the offline data isn't available. It worked here with English language.

Worth testing twice with Sleep(1000) between:

 

[Mike1970]

This means that the offline data isn't available. It worked here with English language.

Worth testing twice with Sleep(1000) between:

i tried like so:

            If App.OSVersion >= 13 Then
                Dim no As NativeObject = speech
                Dim OfflineSupported As Boolean = no.GetField("recognizer").GetField("supportsOnDeviceRecognition").AsBoolean
                Log(OfflineSupported)
               
                Sleep(5000)
               
                Dim no As NativeObject = speech
                Dim OfflineSupported As Boolean = no.GetField("recognizer").GetField("supportsOnDeviceRecognition").AsBoolean
                Log(OfflineSupported)
            End If

Still false both the time

i also found this:

(p.s. the link is the same of the tweet of before)

 

[Mike1970]

This means that the offline data isn't available.

today, by chance I was using whatsapp and I noticed that even in airplane mode the "voice to text" functionality of the keyboard worked ... so there are the features to do it offline.