Azure AI Speech
An Azure service that integrates speech processing into apps and services.
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InitialSilenceTimeout error using SDK but works fine in short audio REST API
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Caesar Cavales
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Hello,
I have been having issues using the SDK with an audio returning with a InitialSilenceTimeout error. I have the setting below(as I saw it being discussed in a different thread)
speechConfigHandler.setProperty(PropertyId.SpeechServiceConnection_InitialSilenceTimeoutMs, '45000');
but I'm still getting the same error detail. I used the same audio in our REST API and it was transcribing correctly.
Please advise.
Thanks!
Azure AI Speech
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romungi-MSFT 48,906 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator2023-09-20T10:09:11.49+00:00 Caesar Cavales I think the maximum value that can be set is only 15 seconds. Please see this note from the documentation.
The end of a single utterance is determined by listening for silence at the end or until a maximum of 15 seconds of audio is processed.
Also, the property is to be set on the
speechConfiginstead of its handler as mentioned below:speechConfig.SetProperty(PropertyId.SpeechServiceConnection_InitialSilenceTimeoutMs, "10000"); -
Caesar Cavales 50 Reputation points
2023-09-20T15:39:13.28+00:00 @romungi-MSFT Gotcha. I actually found that value from a comment you had in this link.
Sorry, the name might be confusing. the "handler" is just how the variable is named in
const speechConfigHandler = SpeechConfig.fromEndpoint(url, subscriptionKey);Then I did this after the line above
speechConfigHandler.setProperty(PropertyId.SpeechServiceConnection_InitialSilenceTimeoutMs, '10000');I tried changing the value to "5000", "10000". And it still failed on "InitialSilenceTimeout" error. This is the audio file I used. The same audio I used in REST API and it was able to transcribe correctly
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romungi-MSFT 48,906 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
2023-09-21T12:14:50.77+00:00 @Caesar Cavales The following should work. I have noticed you are using single quotes for the value. Not sure, how this is being handled by the SDK.
speechConfig.SetProperty(PropertyId.SpeechServiceConnection_InitialSilenceTimeoutMs, "10000");If it still fails, I suggest raising an issue on the SDK repo with your code sample.
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Caesar Cavales 50 Reputation points
2023-09-21T12:38:53.8066667+00:00 @romungi-MSFT I made it double quotes to test and still resulted with the same error message. I will be raising an issue in the SDK. Please confirm if this is the correct link. https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js Thanks!
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romungi-MSFT 48,906 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
2023-09-21T12:48:49.0233333+00:00 @Caesar Cavales If you are using JS SDK then the repo is https://github.com/microsoft/cognitive-services-speech-sdk-js/tree/master
Also, check this sample from tests in the repo.
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Caesar Cavales 50 Reputation points
2023-09-21T12:54:23.2366667+00:00 @romungi-MSFT it doesn't seem like I can create an issue. The "New issue" button is disabled for me.
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romungi-MSFT 48,906 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
2023-09-21T13:51:55.9666667+00:00 @Caesar Cavales It should be enabled, it is a public repo. Could you try using any other user id?
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Caesar Cavales 50 Reputation points
2023-09-26T12:30:02.5966667+00:00 Hi @romungi-MSFT , I have reached out to support for this issue. Thanks!
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