Speech To Text Ruby Client

Ruby client that interacts with the IBM Watson Speech to Text service through its WebSockets interface #Installation Install Ruby #How to Use You will need to fill in the vacant username and password entries in the example.rb file before you can run it. You will specifically need a username and password for the speech-to-text service. Please note that service credentials are different than Bluemix account credentials.

To get service credentials, follow these steps:

1. Log in to Bluemix at https://bluemix.net. If you don't have an account, sign up here for a 30-day free trial.

2. Create an instance of the service:

   1. In the Bluemix Catalog, scroll down to Services and select the Speech To Text service from Watson.
   2. Under Add Service, type a unique name for the service instance in the Service name field. For example, type my-service-name. Leave the default values for the other options.
   3. Click Create.

3. Copy your credentials:

   1. On the left side of the page, click Service Credentials to view your service credentials.
   2. Copy username and password from these service credentials and paste them into the example.rb file.

4. Run the example.rb file

#Dependencies For this client to work properly, some additional dependencies need to be installed. First, make sure to install the Ruby Package Managment Framework, called Ruby Gems, from [here] (https://rubygems.org/pages/download). Afterwards, you need to install the following dependencies:

1. websocket-client-simple
2. eventmachine
3. activesupport

For help on how to install a dependency, called a 'gem' in ruby, follow [this link] (http://guides.rubygems.org/rubygems-basics/#installing-gems).