Robotics Systems Types

package rst.audition;

option java_outer_classname = "PhonemeType";

/**

 * Objects of this represent a single phoneme-duration pair.

 *

 * A list of elements of this type can be used to describe words or

 * whole sentences of speech.

 *

 * @author Simon Schulz <sschulz@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>

 */

message Phoneme {

    /**

     * A single phone symbol (such as aI, E, C, R, _, ...).

     *

     * e.g. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme

     *      or http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/german.htm (german) examples

     */

    required string symbol = 1;

    /**

     * The duration of this symbol.

     */

    // @unit(millisecond)

    required uint32 duration = 2;

}

package rst.audition;

import "rst/audition/Phoneme.proto";

import "rst/audition/SoundChunk.proto";

option java_outer_classname = "UtteranceType";

/**

 * Objects of this represent a single utterances of speech.

 *

 * The data describes a single utterance in three different forms:

 *

 * * @ref .phonemes describes the utterance as list of phone symbols

 *   and durations (useful for lip animation).

 *

 * * @ref .audio is a @ref SoundChunk that can be played back on audio

 *   devices containing the realization (e.g. by a TTS system) 

 *   of the included phoneme list

 *

 * * @ref .description is a textual description of the utterance for

 *   debugging purposes.

 *

 * @author Simon Schulz <sschulz@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>

 */

message Utterance {

    /**

     * A list of phonemes. Will be played back in the same ordering as given by @ref .Phoneme

     */

    repeated Phoneme phonemes = 1;

    /**

     * a chunk of audio data that can be played back

     * containing the realization (e.g. by a TTS system) of the included phoneme list

     */

    required SoundChunk audio = 2;

    /**

     * Textual description of the utterance for debugging.

     */

    required string description = 3;

}