Custom voice controller
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ViewController
import Foundation
import UIKit
import MapboxCoreNavigation
import MapboxNavigation
import MapboxDirections
import MapboxSpeech
import AVFoundation
class CustomVoiceControllerUI: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let origin = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(37.77440680146262, -122.43539772352648)
let destination = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(37.76556957793795, -122.42409811526268)
let routeOptions = NavigationRouteOptions(coordinates: [origin, destination])
Directions.shared.calculate(routeOptions) { [weak self] (session, result) in
switch result {
case .failure(let error):
print(error.localizedDescription)
case .success(let response):
guard let route = response.routes?.first, let strongSelf = self else {
return
}
// For demonstration purposes, simulate locations if the Simulate Navigation option is on.
let navigationService = MapboxNavigationService(route: route, routeIndex: 0, routeOptions: routeOptions, simulating: simulationIsEnabled ? .always : .onPoorGPS)
// `MultiplexedSpeechSynthesizer` will provide "a backup" functionality to cover cases, which
// our custom implementation cannot handle.
let speechSynthesizer = MultiplexedSpeechSynthesizer([CustomVoiceController(), SystemSpeechSynthesizer()] as? [SpeechSynthesizing])
let routeVoiceController = RouteVoiceController(navigationService: navigationService, speechSynthesizer: speechSynthesizer)
// Remember to pass our `Voice Controller` to `Navigation Options`!
let navigationOptions = NavigationOptions(navigationService: navigationService, voiceController: routeVoiceController)
let navigationViewController = NavigationViewController(for: route, routeIndex: 0, routeOptions: routeOptions, navigationOptions: navigationOptions)
navigationViewController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
strongSelf.present(navigationViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
}
class CustomVoiceController: MapboxSpeechSynthesizer {
// You will need audio files for as many or few cases as you'd like to handle
// This example just covers left and right. All other cases will fail the Custom Voice Controller and force a backup System Speech to kick in
let turnLeft = NSDataAsset(name: "turnleft")!.data
let turnRight = NSDataAsset(name: "turnright")!.data
override func speak(_ instruction: SpokenInstruction, during legProgress: RouteLegProgress, locale: Locale? = nil) {
guard let soundForInstruction = audio(for: legProgress.currentStep) else {
// When `MultiplexedSpeechSynthesizer` receives an error from one of it's Speech Synthesizers,
// it requests the next on the list
delegate?.speechSynthesizer(self,
didSpeak: instruction,
with: SpeechError.noData(instruction: instruction,
options: SpeechOptions(text: instruction.text)))
return
}
speak(instruction, data: soundForInstruction)
}
func audio(for step: RouteStep) -> Data? {
switch step.maneuverDirection {
case .left:
return turnLeft
case .right:
return turnRight
default:
return nil // this will force report that Custom View Controller is unable to handle this case
}
}
}