Litexa APLA
This package is an extension for Litexa that adds support for creating APLA responses out of Litexa semantics.
This is largely achieved through a new Litexa concept: an APLA "block", a named region of material that belongs together.
An APLA Block can have an optional background track, on top of
which it will combine any number of Litexa say and soundEffect
statements, the way you'd normal expect them to concatenate in
outputSpeech. For example, the following Litexa:
launch
APLABlock "intro"
background: intro-jingle.mp3
fadeIn: 1000
loop: 3
delay: 3000
say "Welcome to the skill!"
if daysBetween( @lastLaunch, context.now ) > 6
say "Haven't seen you in a while now, lots to catch up on!"
@lastLaunch = context.now
soundEffect ready.mp3
say "Let's get right to it."
or "I'm ready to get into it."
-> getStarted
...might produce the an APLA document with the following mainTemplate:
mainTemplate: {
items: [
{
id: "intro",
type: "Sequencer",
items: [
{
type: "Mixer",
items: [
{
items:
[
{
type: "Audio",
source: "intro-jingle.mp3",
filter: { type: "fadein" }
},
{
type: "Audio",
source: "intro-jingle.mp3"
},
{
type: "Audio",
source: "intro-jingle.mp3"
}
]
},
{
type: "Sequence",
items: [
{
type: "Silence",
duration: 3000
},
{
type: "Speech",
content: "<speak>Welcome to the skill! Haven't seen you in a while now, lots to catch up on!</speak>"
},
{
type: "Audio",
source: "ready.mp3"
},
{
type: "Speech",
content: "<speak>I'm ready to get into it.</speak>"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}You can disable APLA generation temporarily for any given response by setting the variable APLA.disableAPLA to true.