TwilioDevEd/talkin-cedric-node

An example application using Media Streams and Amazon Transcribe

Talkin' Cedric

This project uses Twilio Media Streams and Amazon Transcribe. It will convert your speech to text and repeat what you said back to you in the voice of Cedric, your favorite robot, star of TwilioQuest.

Installation

Install the Twilio CLI

Glitch

1. Locate your Twilio number

   twilio phone-numbers:list

2. Set your incoming voice Webhook to your Glitch URL

   twilio phone-numbers:update +15552223344 --voice-url="https://your-glitch-project.glitch.me/twiml"

3. Copy the .env.example keys and configure the values in your .env file.

   cp .env.example .env

   See Twilio Account Settings to locate the necessary Twilio environment variables.

Develop locally

1. Install your dependencies

   npm install

2. Configure your environment

   npx configure-env

3. Locate your existing phone number

   twilio phone-numbers:list

4. Set up an ngrok tunnel to your local server

   twilio phone-numbers:update +15552223344 --voice-url="https://localhost:3000/twiml"

Learn more

• More Twilio Media Streams examples
• <Stream> Documenation
• Amazon Transcribe using Websockets Documentation
• Amazon Transcribe Websockets Sample Application

Meta

• No warranty expressed or implied. Software is as is. Diggity.
• MIT License
• Lovingly crafted by Twilio Developer Education.