Voice Forms

You can visit our website and select the Pro upgrade for Universal Voice Search.

No. We have created a voice search and voice shopping assistant version of our service specifically for WooCommerce. A free version with the same requirements and limitations is available here on WordPress.org and a Pro version is available on our website

While we are able to deliver a free service on Chrome using tools built into the browser itself we need to use our enterprise class AI technology for speech to text services to deliver an optimized experience across all platforms. A license key to enable this functionality can be obtained at our web store. You can see more details at the speak2web web page [Plugin Details] (https://speak2web.com/plugin/#plan)

The plugin adds a microphone symbol to every search bar on the web page. The plugin will engaged the microphone, transcribe the spoken words into the search bar and engage the web page's search functionality. The plugin is able to detect the end of speech on all platforms allowing the user to simply click the microphone to start the recording and wait for the search to take place.

It is required to have an active, valid, current, and widely recognized SSL certificate and use a https URL. In order to provide an ethical and privacy focused service we do not allow microphone access unless the URL is secured.

1. The microphone button added to the search form by the plugin.
2. You can see a couple of examples right here: Videos

This plugin accesses a number of cloud services to perform the voice dialog functionality. In general, the API's accessed are either speak2web cloud services hosted in AWS or IBM Watson Cloud Services. The detailed privacy implications can be found below.

• During Install / Setup The first cloud call will take place when the license key is being entered and activated. This call will invoke a speak2web cloud service to validate the license key and provision cloud resources for the AI to be used.
• On loading of the plugin on a page Every time the plugin is loaded onto a page, a call is issued to the a speak2web service to retrieve a valid token to access our enteprise grade and partner services.
• When a voice request is being issued When the user clicks the microphone to issue a voice command, additional cloud calls are being placed to our enteprise grade AI and partner services to transcribe the recorded audio To process the request the plugin will call a speak2web cloud service to process the natural language request and prepare a response.

THE USER OF THIS PLUGIN AND THE ASSOCIATED SERVICE IS RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS INCLUDING PRIVACY LAWS. speak2web is making an effort to ensure privacy of the users of this service. As such, this plugin and the associated service DO NOT correlate IP Addresses or other personal data like browser history etc. to the transcript of the voice interaction. The speak2web does NOT store voice recordings, but we do retain anonymous transcript of the dialog in logs for a short period of time. More detail about the service utilized and the privacy statements related to these services can be found below.

This plugin invokes a number of cloud services to perform the speech to text function (STT), analyses natural language requests and perform a natural dialog. The services are all provided through your speak2web subscription service. By using the speak2web voice dialog-navigation service you also agree to the terms of use and privacy terms of the following 3rd party services: Amazon Web Services: ++++++++++++++++++++ speak2web is hosting its cloud services in AWS infrastructure. We are utilizing services such AWS Gateway API, AWS compute Services, AWS storage and AWS database services. [AWS Services:] (https://aws.amazon.com) [The AWS privacy terms can be reviewed here:] (https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/) IBM WATSON Cloud Services: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ speak2web is utilizing the following IBM Cloud Services as part of this plugin: [IBM STT:] (https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/speech-to-text/) [The Terms of IBM Cloud Services] (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview/terms-of-use?topic=overview-terms#terms_details)\ [IBM Cloud Service Privacy Statement] (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview/terms-of-use?topic=overview-terms#privacy_policy) speak2web Voice Forms Service: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This plugin requires a subscription to the speak2web ["WP Voice Forms Service"] (https://speak2web.com/plugin/#plan) The subscription give access to the speak2web voice service which is utilizing the 3rd party services listed above. By subscribing to this service, the user agrees to the privacy terms of speak2web and the 3rd party services listed above. VOICE RECORDING --- CANNOT BE PERSONALLY IDENTFIED: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The cloud service does stream audio data to the IBM Watson STT service while the recording is active, but we DO NOT keep a copy of the audio recording. The transcript of the spoken request is being kept in logs for a period of time but CANNOT BE RELATED to the user it came from. The service DOES NOT track IP addressed or other personally, identifiable data. The transcript remains anonymous in the logs and CAN NOT be associated with the person it came from. [speak2web terms of use] (https://speak2web.com/voice-dialog-service-terms/) [speak2web privacy policy] (https://speak2web.com/privacy-policy/)