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Local service overview

The ALS is our local service for Windows and macOS, which is responsible for:

  • Run the speech recognition engine with artificial intelligence locally, reducing the results latency and problems in places with limited connection.
  • Update the user's acoustic model as recognition evolves
  • Communicates with the operational system, allowing:
    • The use of audio devices natively, allowing advanced operations and overcoming access limitations of these devices by the browser.
    • The use of keyboard shortcuts and/or SpeechMike®.

Without the ALS, our SDK doesn't provide its core functionalities, so it's essential to keep it always available and updated. To the SDK JS can communicate with this service, it provides a WebSocket service in the user computer.

It is important to point that the ALS supports the following operating systems:

  • macOS 10.12 version or higher
  • Windows 64 bits 8.1 version or higher
OBS: The use of VPN or proxy is not advised, because it may affect ALS WebSocket communication with SDK JS. If, anyway, you still want to use a proxy/VPN, contact us at contato@iarahealth.com.