Video SDK useTranscription Hook - React Native

useTranscription Hook

useTranscription takes all the callback methods as parameters and returns all the methods to work with transcription instance.

useTranscription example

useTranscription react native hook

import { Constants, useTranscription } from "@videosdk.live/react-native-sdk";

function onTranscriptionStateChanged(data) {
  const { status, id } = data;

  if (status === Constants.transcriptionEvents.TRANSCRIPTION_STARTING) {
    console.log("Realtime Transcription is starting", id);
  } else if (status === Constants.transcriptionEvents.TRANSCRIPTION_STARTED) {
    console.log("Realtime Transcription is started", id);
  } else if (status === Constants.transcriptionEvents.TRANSCRIPTION_STOPPING) {
    console.log("Realtime Transcription is stopping", id);
  } else if (status === Constants.transcriptionEvents.TRANSCRIPTION_STOPPED) {
    console.log("Realtime Transcription is stopped", id);
  }
}

function onTranscriptionText(data) {
  let { participantId, participantName, text, timestamp, type } = data;
  console.log(`${participantName}: ${text} ${timestamp}`);
}

const { startTranscription, stopTranscription } = useTranscription({
  onTranscriptionStateChanged,
  onTranscriptionText,
});

Parameters

onTranscriptionStateChanged

• onTranscriptionStateChanged() will be triggered when the state of the realtime transcription changes.

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onTranscriptionText

• onTranscriptionText() will be triggered whenever transcription text is available.

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Returns

startTranscription()

• startTranscription() is used to start realtime transcription.

Parameters

config

• type : Object

• required : false

• This specifies the configurations for realtime transcription. You can specify following properties.

  • webhookUrl: Webhooks will be triggered against the specified webhook URL.
  • summary:
    • enabled: Indicates whether realtime transcription summary generation is enabled. Summary will be available after realtime transcription stopped. Default: false.
    • prompt: provides guidelines or instructions for generating a custom summary based on the realtime transcription content.

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stopTranscription()

• stopTranscription() is used to stop realtime transcription.

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Example

const { startTranscription, stopTranscription } = useTranscription();

const run = async () => {
  await startTranscription({
    webhookUrl: "https://www.example.com",
    summary: {
      enabled: true,
      prompt:
        "Write summary in sections like Title, Agenda, Speakers, Action Items, Outlines, Notes and Summary",
    },
  });

  await stopTranscription();
};

run();