NanoWakeWord 1.2.1

dotnet add package NanoWakeWord --version 1.2.1
                    
NuGet\Install-Package NanoWakeWord -Version 1.2.1
                    
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<PackageReference Include="NanoWakeWord" Version="1.2.1" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="NanoWakeWord" Version="1.2.1" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="NanoWakeWord" />
                    
Project file
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paket add NanoWakeWord --version 1.2.1
                    
#r "nuget: NanoWakeWord, 1.2.1"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package NanoWakeWord@1.2.1
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=NanoWakeWord&version=1.2.1
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=NanoWakeWord&version=1.2.1
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

NanoWakeWord

NanoWakeWord is a minimal C# port of the Python openWakeWord wake-word detection engine.

It runs efficiently on any platform supporting .NET Standard 2.0, including Windows, Linux, RaspberryPi including the Zero 2/2W (linux-arm64).

Dependencies

It has only one external library dependency, the Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.

Sample Code

Note, the sample code uses the PvRecorder library for providing the sound recording functionality.

using NanoWakeWord;
using Pv;

var runtime = new WakeWordRuntime(new WakeWordRuntimeConfig { 
    DebugAction = (model, probability, detected) => { 
        if (detected) 
            Console.WriteLine($"*** {model} {probability:F5}"); 
        else 
            Console.WriteLine($"{model} {probability:F5}"); 
    }, 
    WakeWords = [ new WakeWordConfig { Model = "hey_marvin_v0.1", Threshold = 0.9f } ] 
});

using var recorder = PvRecorder.Create(frameLength: 512);
recorder.Start();

Console.WriteLine($"Using recording device: {recorder.SelectedDevice}");

Console.WriteLine("Listening for wake word.");
while (recorder.IsRecording)
{
    var frame = recorder.Read();

    var result = runtime.Process(frame);
    if (result >= 0)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Detected wake word at index: #{result}.");
    }
}

Training Custom Wake-Word Models

NanoWakeWord comes with embedded wake-word models as part of the openWakeWord port: alexa, hey_jarvis, hey_marvin, hey_mycroft.

By following the openWakeWord project instructions, you can train custom models and use them in NanoWakeWord as you would normally do in openWakeWord.

Training Models Locally Using Podman and Python scripts

To facilitate the training process, the scripts folder contains Python scripts for automating model training using a Podman container.

Kick off the Podman Linux container (note - you will need to enable Cuda GPU support in Podman):

podman run --gpus=all --shm-size=50G -p 127.0.0.1:9000:8080 us-docker.pkg.dev/colab-images/public/runtime

Copy the scripts to the /content directory and run the Python scripts in this order:

python setup_environment.py
python download_data.py

Edit train_model.py as needed, then run:

python train_model.py
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