[assistant.google] Added doc on how to configure audio devices.

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Fabio Manganiello 2023-10-22 22:49:41 +02:00
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@ -32,6 +32,37 @@ class AssistantGooglePlugin(AssistantPlugin, RunnablePlugin):
device. It requires you to have an audio microphone and a speaker connected device. It requires you to have an audio microphone and a speaker connected
to the device. to the device.
If you have multiple sound devices, you can specify which one(s) to use for
input and output through a ``~/.asoundrc`` configuration file like this:
.. code-block:: text
pcm.!default {
type asym
playback.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:0,0"
}
capture.pcm {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:1,0"
}
}
You can use ``aplay -l`` and ``arecord -l`` to respectively list the
detected audio output and input devices with their indices.
If you are using PulseAudio instead of bare ALSA, then you can:
1. Use the ``pavucontrol`` (GUI) tool to select the audio input and
output devices and volumes for the assistant.
2. Use a program like ``pamix`` (ncurses) or ``pamixer`` (CLI).
3. Run the ``pactl list sources`` and ``pactl list sinks`` commands to
respectively list the detected audio input and output devices. Take
note of their name, and specify which ones the assistant should use
by starting the application with the right ``PULSE_SOURCE`` and
``PULSE_SINK`` environment variables.
.. warning:: The Google Assistant library used by this backend has .. warning:: The Google Assistant library used by this backend has
been deprecated by Google: been deprecated by Google:
https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/library/python/. https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/library/python/.