C API Usage example

Examples are from native_client/client.cc.

Creating a model instance and loading model

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  int status = DS_CreateModel(model, &ctx);
  if (status != 0) {
    char* error = DS_ErrorCodeToErrorMessage(status);
    fprintf(stderr, "Could not create model: %s\n", error);
    free(error);
    return 1;
  }

  if (set_beamwidth) {
    status = DS_SetModelBeamWidth(ctx, beam_width);
    if (status != 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Could not set model beam width.\n");
      return 1;
    }
  }

  if (scorer) {
    status = DS_EnableExternalScorer(ctx, scorer);
    if (status != 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Could not enable external scorer.\n");
      return 1;
    }
    if (set_alphabeta) {
      status = DS_SetScorerAlphaBeta(ctx, lm_alpha, lm_beta);
      if (status != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error setting scorer alpha and beta.\n");
        return 1;
      }
    }
  }

Performing inference

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  if (extended_output) {
    Metadata *result = DS_SpeechToTextWithMetadata(aCtx, aBuffer, aBufferSize, 1);
    res.string = CandidateTranscriptToString(&result->transcripts[0]);
    DS_FreeMetadata(result);
  } else if (json_output) {
    Metadata *result = DS_SpeechToTextWithMetadata(aCtx, aBuffer, aBufferSize, json_candidate_transcripts);
    res.string = MetadataToJSON(result);
    DS_FreeMetadata(result);
  } else if (stream_size > 0) {
    StreamingState* ctx;
    int status = DS_CreateStream(aCtx, &ctx);
    if (status != DS_ERR_OK) {
      res.string = strdup("");
      return res;
    }
    size_t off = 0;
    const char *last = nullptr;
    while (off < aBufferSize) {
      size_t cur = aBufferSize - off > stream_size ? stream_size : aBufferSize - off;
      DS_FeedAudioContent(ctx, aBuffer + off, cur);
      off += cur;
      const char* partial = DS_IntermediateDecode(ctx);
      if (last == nullptr || strcmp(last, partial)) {
        printf("%s\n", partial);
        last = partial;
      } else {
        DS_FreeString((char *) partial);
      }
    }
    if (last != nullptr) {
      DS_FreeString((char *) last);
    }
    res.string = DS_FinishStream(ctx);
  } else {
    res.string = DS_SpeechToText(aCtx, aBuffer, aBufferSize);
  }

Full source code

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