script.js

const startBtn = document.getElementById("startBtn");
const stopBtn = document.getElementById("stopBtn");
const transcript = document.getElementById("transcript");
// const fetch = require('node-fetch');
console.log("script.js is running");

let recognition; // Speech recognition object
let accumulatedTranscript = ""; // Store accumulated text

startBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
  recognition = new webkitSpeechRecognition();

  // Set language, interim results (optional), continuous mode, and confidence threshold
  recognition.lang = "en-US"; // "hi-IN" for Hindi
  recognition.interimResults = false; // Disable interim results to avoid excessive repetition
  recognition.continuous = true;
  recognition.maxAlternatives = 1;

  recognition.start();

  startBtn.disabled = true; // Disable start button while recording
  stopBtn.disabled = false;  // Enable stop button

  recognition.onresult = (event) => {
    let text = "";
    for (let i = event.resultIndex; i < event.results.length; ++i) {
      if (event.results[i][0].confidence > 0.8) { // Filter based on confidence
        text += event.results[i][0].transcript;
      }
    }

    
    // Append the new text to the existing transcript, avoiding excessive repetition
    if (text !== accumulatedTranscript.slice(-text.length)) {
        accumulatedTranscript += text;
        transcript.value = accumulatedTranscript.trim();
    }
};
});

stopBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
    recognition.stop();
    
    startBtn.disabled = false;  // Enable start button
    stopBtn.disabled = true;   // Disable stop button
    console.log(transcript.value);
    var formattedText = formatText(transcript.value);
    console.log(formattedText);
    transcript.value = formattedText;
});



function formatText(rawText) {
    // Add a space after each period if there isn't one already
    rawText = rawText.replace(/\./g, '. ');
  
    // Capitalize the first letter of the text
    rawText = rawText.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + rawText.slice(1);
  
    // Ensure there is a period at the end of the text
    if (!rawText.endsWith('.')) {
      rawText += '.';
    }
  
    return rawText;
  }
  



  console.log("punctuate is running");
  async function addPunctuation(text) {
      const response = await fetch('http://bark.phon.ioc.ee/punctuator/', {
          method: 'POST',
          body: `text=${encodeURIComponent(text)}`,
          headers: {
              'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
          }
      });
  
      if (response.ok) {
          const punctuatedText = await response.text();
          console.log(punctuatedText);
          console.log(response);
          return punctuatedText;
      } else {
          throw formatText(text)
          // new Error('Failed to punctuate text');
      }
  };