sglanz

1 hour ago, Michael Lee said:

Manuals? Sounds like another job we'll need to outsource. 

Ok, if the program is running, that's good. I'm a little concerned that you are not hearing yourself. That tells me the input device might not be the right one yet. If you move all the sliders to the left, and uncheck "Machine Learning" the output should be close to the raw input (delayed by 2.5 seconds). 

When you do get the microphone picking up, the best results seem to occur when you have some sort of noise or tones in the background. Complete silence will lead to much fewer "blips" of voice.

Stepping back to the general "path of executables" like conda problem. I don't usually have a problem when I run within an Anaconda prompt/shell. The shell, I'm guessing, sets all of the path variables for "conda", "python", "spyder" etc.

Regarding saving, the way I have it setup is that it stores all of the output from the beginning, and saves to a file, when "Exit." The save location can be modified by modifying the main Python script near the end. I know it's a little clunky. This is the one program I haven't fully made "user-friendly."  

I tried bringing up the prompt three different ways. None worked, and I couldn't figure what properties needed to be changed in the batch file. So I just did a manual CD to get into the right directory before continuing. 

I did eventually learn how to save output files (read my previous comments) but only after googling proper syntax for the naming of directory paths. 

It would be helpful to wrap this all up in an exe file to simplify installation. Fernando said he has the tool. 

No need for a full-blown manual yet. But some additions to the Readme.txt based on user feedback would be useful. 

I'll try your other suggestions. 

I'm trying to get some quotes on porting this to Javascript or Visual C++. Freelancers tell me they can't quote unless they see the source code. They say they can extract it, but why make them go through that? If you send me the source code, I can pass it along for quotes. Or is that too risky? Or maybe I should just get a quote based on having them install and look at the app, without giving the source code? 

In conversation with one programmer, he said that Transcrypt and similar conversion utilities would not be up to the task. He said webassembly was the way to go, and it would just be one file (Javascript) that could be used on all platforms. 

Even if we got a good price, we'd have to keep going back to the freelancer to make changes each time you modify the program. Unless they quote an ongoing upkeep rate, I guess. 

OK, I got it installed. Had to change audio indices, as your instructions suggest. I can hear the output.  But I don't know how you hear input. I talk into computer speaker, but hear nothing. I talk into webcam speaker after changing the index, and hear nothing. There's no monitor showing input.

And where does the output get saved? I don't see a "save" button. I found the recordfilename in the script, but when I replace pathdir with my path where I want to save, it gives me a wrong syntax error message. C:\Users\sglan\documents doesn't work.

OK, I looked it up. The syntax is r"C:\Users\sglan\documents" Weird syntax, but it works! It saved the clip in my documents folder. 

It needs a manual to explain the GUI features. Some are intuitive, but others are not. 

OK, I figured out how to change directory to C:\Users\sglan\miniconda 3. Then I typed conda env create, not conva env create. Packages are loading. 

There is only one directory that is showing on the Anaconda prompt:
c:\Users\sglan>

If I run "conva env create" from there, I get CONVA IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A COMMAND

Even though I copied environment.yml into that directory.

I don't know how to change directory in the Anaconda prompt. It doesn't work like a normal prompt where you can just type CD

conda env create --file environment.yml FILE NOT FOUND

conva env list - ONLY GIVES BASE AND SCALAR

If I remove other environments, I'll break the one used for Scalar. 

environment.yml in text editor starts with "name: tf25_nogpu"

I'm lost. Readme.txt starts with:
 

2) Start an "Anaconda Prompt" from the Run Menu.

   Change directory to the main directory of this program.

   Install extra-required modules with the .yml provided in the main directory:

    conda env create --file environment.yml

 3) Change to this new environment:

    conda activate tf25_nogpu

I moved program files into main user directory, and into miniconda directory. 

What does it mean "Install extra-required modules ----------"
I only get two environments: base and scalar
tf25_nogpu is not an environment. 

Thanks for the software and discussion. I will try because I was successful with the Scalar app that Michael put together, using Miniconda. I hope I don't run into the problems Andres had. I don't have Spyder or Tensor Flow or any of that other stuff to confuse it.  But just in case, please update the instructions to help troubleshoot for people that might run into that problem.