Explorations- Echo

I just managed to create an echo using , just check the following link , and make sure your microphone and speakers are turned on, and you would be able to listen to your own voice!

 http://www.freewebs.com/ruchiraparihar/echovoice.swf

make sure you have the flash 8 activex plug-in for your browser. 

Coding: Microphone properties in Flash 8

Microphone


public class Microphone
extends Object

The Microphone class lets you capture audio from a microphone attached to the computer that is running Flash Player.

The Microphone class is primarily for use with Flash Communication Server but can be used in a limited fashion without the server, for example, to transmit sound from your microphone through the speakers on your local system.

Caution: Flash Player displays a Privacy dialog box that lets the user choose whether to allow or deny access to the microphone. Make sure your Stage size is at least 215 x 138 pixels; this is the minimum size Flash requires to display the dialog box.

Users and Administrative users may also disable microphone access on a per-site or global basis.

To create or reference a Microphone object, use the Microphone.get() method.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Property summary


activityLevel:Number [read-only]
A numeric value that specifies the amount of sound the microphone is detecting.

gain:Number [read-only]
The amount by which the microphone boosts the signal.

index:Number [read-only]
A zero-based integer that specifies the index of the microphone, as reflected in the array returned by Microphone.names.

muted:Boolean [read-only]
A Boolean value that specifies whether the user has denied access to the microphone (true) or allowed access (false).

name:String [read-only]
A string that specifies the name of the current sound capture device, as returned by the sound capture hardware.
static
names:Array [read-only]
Retrieves an array of strings reflecting the names of all available sound capture devices without displaying the Flash Player Privacy Settings panel.

rate:Number [read-only]
The rate at which the microphone is capturing sound, in kHz.

silenceLevel:Number [read-only]
An integer that specifies the amount of sound required to activate the microphone and invoke Microphone.onActivity(true).

silenceTimeOut:Number [read-only]
A numeric value representing the number of milliseconds between the time the microphone stops detecting sound and the time Microphone.onActivity(false) is invoked.

useEchoSuppression:Boolean [read-only]
Property (read-only); a Boolean value of true if echo suppression is enabled, false otherwise.


Event summary

Event
Description
onActivity = function(active:Boolean) {}
Invoked when the microphone starts or stops detecting sound.
onStatus = function(infoObject:Object) {}
Invoked when the user allows or denies access to the microphone.

Method summary
Modifiers
Signature
Description
static
get([index:Number]) : Microphone
Returns a reference to a Microphone object for capturing audio.

setGain(gain:Number) : Void
Sets the microphone gain--that is, the amount by which the microphone should multiply the signal before transmitting it.

setRate(rate:Number) : Void
Sets the rate, in kHz, at which the microphone should capture sound.

setSilenceLevel(silenceLevel:Number, [timeOut:Number]) : Void
Sets the minimum input level that should be considered sound and (optionally) the amount of silent time signifying that silence has actually begun.

setUseEchoSuppression(useEchoSuppression:Boolean) : Void
Specifies whether to use the echo suppression feature of the audio codec.

Methods inherited from class Object

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This makes it clear that if I use Flash Professional 8 for coding, i would be able to make use of the following properties of sound:

activityLevel, gain index,muted,name, rate and silenceLevel .

Thought Process - Intermediate state

Right nowI am trying my hand on coding and basically trying and building up a prototype which will take audio input, separate it into its various parameters and map its corresponding values to text attributes.

I have been able to speech to text conversion. but have not been able to integrate it with some interface so that its output can be used as input

The project "white paper" is continuing.

At the same time I am trying to work on a script which would let people do graffiti online and save it.