This guide describes how to configure and use the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lex plugin to the UniMRCP server for the use with Lex V2 API. The document is intended for users having a certain knowledge of AWS Lex and UniMRCP.

1.1 Installation

For installation instructions, use one of the guides below.

· RPM Package Installation (Red Hat / Cent OS)

· Deb Package Installation (Debian / Ubuntu)

1.2 Applicable Versions

Instructions provided in this guide are applicable to the following versions.

UniMRCP 1.7.0 and above

UniMRCP Lex Plugin 2.0.0 and above

2 Supported Features

This is a brief check list of the features currently supported by the UniMRCP server running with the Lex plugin.

2.1 MRCP Methods

ü DEFINE-GRAMMAR

ü RECOGNIZE

ü START-INPUT-TIMERS

ü STOP

ü SET-PARAMS

ü GET-PARAMS

2.2 MRCP Events

ü RECOGNITION-COMPLETE

ü START-OF-INPUT

2.3 MRCP Header Fields

ü Input-Type

ü No-Input-Timeout

ü Recognition-Timeout

ü Speech-Complete-Timeout

ü Waveform-URI

ü Media-Type

ü Completion-Cause

ü Confidence-Threshold

ü Start-Input-Timers

ü DTMF-Interdigit-Timeout

ü DTMF-Term-Timeout

ü DTMF-Term-Char

ü Save-Waveform

ü Speech-Language

ü Cancel-If-Queue

ü Sensitivity-Level

2.4 Grammars

ü Built-in speech, event and DTMF grammars

ü SRGS XML (limited support)

2.5 Results

ü NLSML

ü JSON

3 Configuration Format

The configuration file of the Lex plugin is located in /opt/unimrcp/conf/umslex.xml. The configuration file is written in XML.

3.1 Document

The root element of the XML document must be <umslex>.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
license-file	File path	Specifies the license file. File name may include patterns containing '*' sign. If multiple files match the pattern, the most recent one gets used.
credentials-file	File path	Specifies the AWS credentials file to use. File name may include patterns containing '*' sign. If multiple files match the pattern, the most recent one gets used.
credentials-provider	String	Specifies a credentials provider. If not initialized or set to custom, the custom credentials provider is used to read credentials from credentials-file. Otherwise, if set to default, the AWS default credentials provider chain is used, and credentials-file is not observer. Otherwise, if set to sts, the AWS STS profile credentials provider is used, and credentials-file is not observer.
init-sdk	Boolean	Specifies whether to initialize AWS SDK upon loading of the plugin. Must be set to true by default. Set it to false, if another plugin using the same AWS SDK is loaded prior to this plugin.
shutdown-sdk	Boolean	Specifies whether to shut down AWS SDK upon unloading of the plugin. Must be set to true by default. Set it to false, if another plugin using the same AWS SDK is unloaded next to this plugin.
sdk-log-level	Integer	Specifies a log level of AWS SDK. If not initialized or set to 0, the SDK logs are disabled. Acceptable values are from 0 (OFF) to 6 (TRACE).

Parent

None.

Children

Name	Unit	Description
<streaming-recognition>	String	Specifies recognition parameters of streaming recognition.
<results>	String	Specifies parameters of recognition results set in RECOGNITION-COMPLETE events.
<speech-dtmf-input-detector>	String	Specifies parameters of the speech and DTMF input detector.
<utterance-manager>	String	Specifies parameters of the utterance manager.
<rdr-manager>	String	Specifies parameters of the Recognition Details Record (RDR) manager.
<monitoring-agent>	String	Specifies parameters of the monitoring manager.
<license-server>	String	Specifies parameters used to connect to the license server. The use of the license server is optional.

Example

This is an example of a bare document.

</umslex>

3.2 Streaming Recognition

This element specifies parameters of streaming recognition.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
language	String	Specifies the default language to use, if not set by the client.
skip-unsupported-grammars	Boolean	Specifies whether to skip or raise an error while referencing a malformed or not supported grammar.
transcription-grammar	String	Specifies the name of the built-in speech transcription grammar. The grammar can be referenced as builtin:speech/transcribe or builtin:grammar/transcribe, where transcribe is the default value of this parameter.
region	String	Specifies the AWS region of the Lex Bot. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/lex.html
bot-name	String	Specifies the name of the Lex bot identifier. Can be overridden by client via Vendor-Specific-Parameters.
alias	String	Specifies the alias identifier of the Lex bot. Can be overridden by client via Vendor-Specific-Parameters.
proxy-host	String	Specifies the host name of HTTP proxy, if used.
proxy-port	Integer	Specifies the port number of HTTP proxy, if used.
proxy-username	String	Specifies the username employed for HTTP proxy authentication, if used.
proxy-password	String	Specifies the password employed for HTTP proxy authentication, if used.

Parent

Children

None.

Example

This is an example of streaming recognition element.

<streaming-recognition

language="en-US"

skip-unsupported-grammars="true"

transcription-grammar="transcribe"

region="us-west-2"

bot-name="BookTrip"

alias="Dev"

3.3 Results

This element specifies parameters of recognition results set in RECOGNITION-COMPLETE events.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
format	String	Specifies the format of results to be returned to the client (use "standard" for NLSML and "json" for JSON).
indent	Integer	Specifies the indent to use while composing the results.
confidence-format	String	Specifies the format of the confidence score to be returned (use "auto" for a format based on protocol version, "mrcpv2" for a float value in the range of 0..1, "mrcpv1" for an integer value in the range of 0..100)
tag-format	String	Specifies the format of the instance element to be returned. The parameter is observed only if the format is set to standard. Use one of: · semantics/json for query result represented in JSON [default] · swi-semantics/json for query result set in an inner <SWI_meaning> element represented in JSON

Parent

Children

None.

Example

This is an example of results element.

<results

format="standard"

indent="0"

confidence-format="auto"

3.4 Utterance Manager

This element specifies parameters of the utterance manager.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
save-waveforms	Boolean	Specifies whether to save waveforms or not.
purge-existing	Boolean	Specifies whether to delete existing records on start-up.
max-file-age	Time interval [min]	Specifies a time interval in minutes after expiration of which a waveform is deleted. Set 0 for infinite.
max-file-count	Integer	Specifies the max number of waveforms to store. If reached, the oldest waveform is deleted. Set 0 for infinite.
waveform-base-uri	String	Specifies the base URI used to compose an absolute waveform URI.
waveform-folder	Dir path	Specifies a folder the waveforms should be stored in.
file-prefix	String	Specifies a prefix used to compose the name of the file to be stored. Defaults to 'umslex-', if not specified.
use-logging-tag	Boolean	Specifies whether to use the MRCP header field Logging-Tag, if present, to compose the name of the file to be stored.

Parent

Children

None.

Example

The example below defines a typical utterance manager having the default parameters set.

<utterance-manager

save-waveforms="false"

purge-existing="false"

max-file-age="60"

max-file-count="100"

waveform-base-uri="http://localhost/utterances/"

waveform-folder=""

3.5 RDR Manager

This element specifies parameters of the Recognition Details Record (RDR) manager.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
save-records	Boolean	Specifies whether to save recognition details records or not.
purge-existing	Boolean	Specifies whether to delete existing records on start-up.
max-file-age	Time interval [min]	Specifies a time interval in minutes after expiration of which a record is deleted. Set 0 for infinite.
max-file-count	Integer	Specifies the max number of records to store. If reached, the oldest record is deleted. Set 0 for infinite.
record-folder	Dir path	Specifies a folder to store recognition details records in. Defaults to ${UniMRCPInstallDir}/var.
file-prefix	String	Specifies a prefix used to compose the name of the file to be stored. Defaults to 'umslex-', if not specified.
use-logging-tag	Boolean	Specifies whether to use the MRCP header field Logging-Tag, if present, to compose the name of the file to be stored.

Parent

Children

None.

Example

The example below defines a typical utterance manager having the default parameters set.

<rdr-manager

save-records="false"

purge-existing="false"

max-file-age="60"

max-file-count="100"

waveform-folder=""

3.6 Monitoring Agent

This element specifies parameters of the monitoring agent.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
refresh-period	Time interval [sec]	Specifies a time interval in seconds used to periodically refresh usage details. See <usage-refresh-handler>.

Parent

Children

<usage-change-handler>

<usage-refresh-handler>

Example

The example below defines a monitoring agent with usage change and refresh handlers.

<monitoring-agent refresh-period="60">

<usage-change-handler>

<log-usage enable="true" priority="NOTICE"/>

</usage-change-handler>

<usage-refresh-handler>

<dump-channels enable="true" status-file="umslex-channels.status"/>

</usage-refresh-handler >

</monitoring-agent>

3.7 Usage Change Handler

This element specifies an event handler called on every usage change.

Attributes

None.

Parent

<monitoring-agent>

Children

<log-usage>

<update-usage>

<dump-channels>

Example

This is an example of the usage change event handler.

<usage-change-handler>

<log-usage enable="true" priority="NOTICE"/>

<update-usage enable="false" status-file="umslex-usage.status"/>

<dump-channels enable="false" status-file="umslex-channels.status"/>

</usage-change-handler>

3.8 Usage Refresh Handler

This element specifies an event handler called periodically to update usage details.

Attributes

None.

Parent

<monitoring-agent>

Children

<log-usage>

<update-usage>

<dump-channels>

Example

This is an example of the usage change event handler.

<usage-refresh-handler>

<log-usage enable="true" priority="NOTICE"/>

<update-usage enable="false" status-file="umslex-usage.status"/>

<dump-channels enable="false" status-file="umslex-channels.status"/>

</usage-refresh-handler>

3.9 License Server

This element specifies parameters used to connect to the license server.

Attributes

Name	Unit	Description
enable	Boolean	Specifies whether the use of license server is enabled or not. If enabled, the license-file attribute is not honored.
server-address	String	Specifies the IP address or host name of the license server.
certificate-file	File path	Specifies the client certificate used to connect to the license server. File name may include patterns containing a '*' sign. If multiple files match the pattern, the most recent one gets used.
ca-file	File path	Specifies the certificate authority used to validate the license server.
channel-count	Integer	Specifies the number of channels to check out from the license server. If not specified or set to 0, either all available channels or a pool of channels will be checked based on the configuration of the license server.
http-proxy-address	String	Specifies the IP address or host name of the HTTP proxy server, if used.
http-proxy-port	Integer	Specifies the port number of the HTTP proxy server, if used.

Parent

Children

None.

Example

The example below defines a typical configuration which can be used to connect to a license server located, for example, at 10.0.0.1.

<license-server

enable="true"

server-address="10.0.0.1"

certificate-file="unilic_client_*.crt"

ca-file="unilic_ca.crt"

For further reference to the license server, visit

http://unimrcp.org/licserver

4 Configuration Steps

This section outlines common configuration steps.

4.1 Using Default Configuration

The default configuration should be sufficient for the general use.

4.2 Using with Polly

This section must be skipped if the Lex plugin is used without the Polly plugin. However, in case both Polly and Lex plugins are loaded into the same instance of UniMRCP server, then the plugins need to be configured in a certain way to ensure the AWS SDK is initialized and shutdown only once.

In umspolly.xml, set init-sdk to true and shutdown-sdk to false.

<umspolly license-file="umspolly_*.lic" credentials-file="aws.credentials" init-sdk="true" shutdown-sdk="false">

In umslex.xml, set init-sdk to false and shutdown-sdk to true.

<umslex license-file="umslex_*.lic" credentials-file="aws.credentials" init-sdk="false" shutdown-sdk="true">

4.3 Specifying AWS Credentials

IAM User

By default, the plugin uses credentials of an IAM user to consume AWS services. The procedure how to set up the credentials is documented in the installation guide. No further action is required if the IAM user is supposed to be used.

Default Credentials Provider Chain

Since 1.3.0, the plugin can be configured to use the AWS default credentials provider chain, which in turn allows to derive an IAM role set on an instance UniMRCP server is running on. The behavior is controlled by the configuration attribute credentials-provider, which is supposed to be set to default to use the default credentials provider chain.

Note, if the attribute credentials-provider is not set to custom, the attribute credentials-file is not observed.

STS Profile Credentials Provider

Since 1.4.0, the plugin can be configured to use the AWS STS profile credentials provider to assume a role. The behavior is controlled by the configuration attribute credentials-provider, which is supposed to be set to sts to use STSProfileCredentialsProvider.

Since 1.5.0, the plugin supports multiple AWS STS credentials profiles. The profiles can be loaded on start-up from configuration and also created on-demand by the MRCP client. Contact support for usage examples.

Since 1.6.0, different AWS credentials profiles can be configured per UniMRCP server profile. The profiles can also be created and referenced on-demand by the MRCP client via the header field Vendor-Specific-Parameters. The following parameters can be specified.

Name	Unit	Description
aws-credentials-file	File path	Specifies the AWS credentials file to use. File name may include patterns containing '*' sign. If multiple files match the pattern, the most recent one gets used.
aws-credentials-provider	String	Specifies a credentials provider. Use one of: · custom for credentials read from the specified file · default for the AWS default credentials provider chain · sts for the AWS STS profile credentials provider
aws-credentials-profile	String	Specifies a credentials profile to reference and/or create.
aws-credentials-duration	Integer	Specifies a lifetime of the credentials profile to create.
aws-arn-role	String	Specifies an ARN role.
aws-region	String	Specifies an AWS region.

4.4 Specifying Lex Bot

The parameters of the default Lex bot bot-name, alias and region can be specified in the configuration file umslex.xml. For example:

<streaming-recognition

language="en_US"

region="us-west-2"

bot-name="1ONTGGK2U4"

alias="XYZALIASID"

The parameters bot-name, alias and region can also be specified per individual MRCP SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE requests via the header field Vendor-Specific-Parameters. For example:

Vendor-Specific-Parameters: bot-name=1ONTGGK2U4;alias=XYZALIASID;aws-region=us-west-2

The parameters can also be specified as query input attributes passed to the built-in speech grammar. For example:

builtin:speech/transcribe?bot-name=1ONTGGK2U4;alias=XYZALIASID;aws-region=us-west-2

It is also possible to specify the parameters in an SRGS XML grammar by means of predefined metadata. For example:

<grammar mode="voice" root="transcribe" version="1.0"

xml:lang="en-US"

xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar">

</grammar>

4.5 Eliciting Intent

The user application can start a dialog by specifying a welcome message and letting Lex eliciting the intent. The welcome message can be specified in the first MRCP RECOGNIZE request placed in an MRCP session. For example,

builtin:speech/transcribe?message=Welcome to travel agency;dialog-action=ElicitIntent

As a result, the RECOGNIZE request will complete as soon as the response from the Lex bot is received without any user interaction.

4.6 Triggering Intent

The user application can start a dialog by triggering an intent. The intent name can be specified in the first MRCP RECOGNIZE request placed in an MRCP session. For example,

builtin:speech/transcribe?intent-name=BookCar;dialog-action=Delegate

As a result, the RECOGNIZE request will complete as soon as the response from the Lex bot is received without any user interaction.

4.7 Eliciting Slot

Since 2.1.0, the user application can start a dialog by eliciting a particular slot in an intent. The slot and intent names can be specified in the first MRCP RECOGNIZE request placed in an MRCP session. For example,

builtin:speech/transcribe?intent-name=BookCar;slot-name=CarType;dialog-action=ElicitSlot

As a result, the RECOGNIZE request will complete as soon as the response from the Lex bot is received without any user interaction.

4.8 Specifying Recognition Language

Recognition language can be specified by the client per MRCP session by means of the header field Speech-Language set in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request. Otherwise, the parameter language set in the configuration file umslex.xml is used. The parameter defaults to en_US.

4.9 Specifying Sampling Rate

Sampling rate is determined based on the SDP negotiation. Refer to the configuration guide of the UniMRCP server on how to specify supported encodings and sampling rates to be used in communication between the client and server.

Note: Lex V2 API currently supports 8kHz only.

4.10 Specifying Speech Input Parameters

While the default parameters specified for the speech input detector are sufficient for the general use, various parameters can be adjusted to better suit a particular requirement.

· speech-start-timeout

This parameter is used to trigger a start of speech input. The shorter is the timeout, the sooner a START-OF-INPUT event is delivered to the client. However, a short timeout may also lead to a false positive.

· speech-complete-timeout

This parameter is used to trigger an end of speech input. The shorter is the timeout, the shorter is the response time. However, a short timeout may also lead to a false positive.

· vad-mode

This parameter is used to specify an operating mode of the Voice Activity Detector (VAD) within an integer range of [0 … 3]. A higher mode is more aggressive and, as a result, is more restrictive in reporting speech. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field Sensitivity-Level in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request. The following table shows how the Sensitivity-Level is mapped to the vad-mode.

Sensitivity-Level	Vad-Mode
[0.00 ... 0.25)	0
[0.25 … 0.50)	1
[0.50 ... 0.75)	2
[0.75 ... 1.00]	3

4.11 Specifying DTMF Input Parameters

While the default parameters specified for the DTMF input detector are sufficient for the general use, various parameters can be adjusted to better suit a particular requirement.

· dtmf-interdigit-timeout

This parameter is used to set an inter-digit timeout on DTMF input. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field DTMF-Interdigit-Timeout in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request.

· dtmf-term-timeout

This parameter is used to set a termination timeout on DTMF input and is in effect when dtmf-term-char is set and there is a match for an input grammar. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field DTMF-Term-Timeout in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request.

· dtmf-term-char

This parameter is used to set a character terminating DTMF input. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field DTMF-Term-Char in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request.

4.12 Specifying No-Input and Recognition Timeouts

· noinput-timeout

This parameter is used to trigger a no-input event. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field No-Input-Timeout in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request.

· input-timeout

This parameter is used to limit input (recognition) time. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field Recognition-Timeout in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request.

4.13 Maintaining Utterances

Saving of utterances is not required for regular operation and is disabled by default. However, enabling this functionality allows to save utterances sent to the Lex service and later listen to them offline.

The relevant settings can be specified via the element utterance-manager.

· save-waveforms

Utterances can optionally be recorded and stored if the configuration parameter save-waveforms is set to true. The parameter can be overridden per MRCP session by setting the header field Save-Waveforms in a SET-PARAMS or RECOGNIZE request.

· purge-existing

This parameter specifies whether to delete existing waveforms on start-up.

· max-file-age

This parameter specifies a time interval in minutes after expiration of which a waveform is deleted. If set to 0, there is no expiration time specified.

· max-file-count

This parameter specifies the maximum number of waveforms to store. If the specified number is reached, the oldest waveform is deleted. If set to 0, there is no limit specified.

· waveform-base-uri

This parameter specifies the base URI used to compose an absolute waveform URI returned in the header field Waveform-Uri in response to a RECOGNIZE request.

· waveform-folder

This parameter specifies a path to the directory used to store waveforms in. The directory defaults to ${UniMRCPInstallDir}/var.

4.14 Maintaining Recognition Details Records

Producing of recognition details records (RDR) is not required for regular operation and is disabled by default. However, enabling this functionality allows to store details of each recognition attempt in a separate file and analyze them later offline. The RDRs ate stored in the JSON format.

The relevant settings can be specified via the element rdr-manager.

· save-records

This parameter specifies whether to save recognition details records or not.

· purge-existing

This parameter specifies whether to delete existing records on start-up.

· max-file-age

This parameter specifies a time interval in minutes after expiration of which a record is deleted. If set to 0, there is no expiration time specified.

· max-file-count

This parameter specifies the maximum number of records to store. If the specified number is reached, the oldest record is deleted. If set to 0, there is no limit specified.

· record-folder

This parameter specifies a path to the directory used to store records in. The directory defaults to ${UniMRCPInstallDir}/var.

5 Recognition Grammars and Results

5.1 Using Built-in Speech Grammar

A pre-set built-in speech grammar can be referenced by the MRCP client in a RECOGNIZE request as follows:

builtin:speech/transcribe

5.2 Using Built-in DTMF Grammars

Pre-set built-in DTMF grammars can be referenced by the MRCP client in a RECOGNIZE request as follows:

builtin:dtmf/digits

As a result, received DTMFs will be posted to the Lex bot for intent detection.

5.3 Retrieving Results

Results received from the Lex service are transformed to a certain data structure and sent to the MRCP client in a RECOGNITION-COMPLETE event. The way results are composed can be adjusted via the <results> element in the configuration file umslex.xml.

NLSML Format

If the format attribute is set to standard, which is the default setting, then the header filed Content-Type is set to application/x-nlsml and the body of a RECOGNITION-COMPLETE event is set to an NSLML result composed as follows.

<input>

The <input> element in an NLSML result is set to the input transcript available in the structure TranscriptEvent received from Lex bot.

<instance>

By default, the <instance> element in an NLSML result contains data structure received within TranscriptEvent, TextResponseEvent and IntentResultEvent from the Lex bot. Since 1.3.0, this format can be adjusted via the tag-format attribute, which accepts the following values.

· semantics/json

The data structure is represented in JSON.

· swi-semantics/json

The data structure is set in an inner <SWI_meaning> element being represented in JSON.

JSON Format

If the format attribute is set to json, then the header field Content-Type is set to application/json and the body of a RECOGNITION-COMPLETE event is set to a JSON representation of data structure received within TranscriptEvent, TextResponseEvent and IntentResultEvent from the Lex bot.

6 Monitoring Usage Details

The number of in-use and total licensed channels can be monitored in several alternate ways. There is a set of actions which can take place on certain events. The behavior is configurable via the element monitoring-agent, which contains two event handlers: usage-change-handler and usage-refresh-handler.

While the usage-change-handler is invoked on every acquisition and release of a licensed channel, the usage-refresh-handler is invoked periodically on expiration of a timeout specified by the attribute refresh-period.

The following actions can be specified for either of the two handlers.

6.1 Log Usage

The action log-usage logs the following data in the order specified.

· The number of currently in-use channels.

· The maximum number of channels used concurrently.

· The total number of licensed channels.

The following is a sample log statement, indicating 0 in-use, 0 max-used and 2 total channels.

[NOTICE] Lex Usage: 0/0/2

6.2 Update Usage

The action update-usage writes the following data to a status file umslex-usage.status, located by default in the directory ${UniMRCPInstallDir}/var/status.

· The number of currently in-use channels.

· The maximum number of channels used concurrently.

· The total number of licensed channels.

· The current status of the license permit.

· The license server alarm. Set to on, if the license server is not available for more than one hour; otherwise, set to off. This parameter is maintained only if the license server is used.

The following is a sample content of the status file.

in-use channels: 0

max used channels: 0

total channels: 2

license permit: true

licserver alarm: off

6.3 Dump Channels

The action dump-channels writes the identifiers of in-use channels to a status file umslex-channels.status, located by default in the directory ${UniMRCPInstallDir}/var/status.

7 Usage Examples

7.1 Hotel Room Booking

This example demonstrates an MRCP message exchange based on a conversation with the sample BookTrip Lex bot.

The results received from the bot are available in the NLSML instance element in the JSON format. The data is demonstrated in an unquoted form for readability.

Interaction 0

Event: Elicit an intent

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 325 RECOGNIZE 1

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: true

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

Content-Length: 58

builtin:speech/transcribe?message=Welcome to travel agency

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 83 1 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 115 START-OF-INPUT 1 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 1015 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 1 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 829

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"",

"intentResult": {

"interpretations": [],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "ElicitIntent"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-3"

"textResponse": {

"messages": [{

"content": "Welcome to travel agency",

"contentType": "PlainText"

}],

"eventId": "RESPONSE-4"

}

</instance>

</interpretation>

</result>

Interaction 1

Input: Book a room

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 314 RECOGNIZE 2

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: false

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Content-Length: 46

builtin:speech/transcribe

builtin:dtmf/digits

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 83 2 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 115 START-OF-INPUT 2 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 2054 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 2 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 1867

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"book a room",

"intentResult": {

"inputMode": "Speech",

"interpretations": [{

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.89

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"Location": {

"Nights": {

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

}

}, {

"intent": {

"name": "FallbackIntent",

"slots": {

}

}, {

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.5

"intent": {

"name": "BookCar",

"slots": {

"CarType": {

"DriverAge": {

"PickUpCity": {

"PickUpDate": {

"ReturnDate": {

}

}],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "ElicitSlot",

"slotToElicit": "Location"

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"Location": {

"Nights": {

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-6"

"textResponse": {

"messages": [{

"content": "What city will you be staying in?",

"contentType": "PlainText"

}],

"eventId": "RESPONSE-7"

}

</instance>

</interpretation>

</result>

Interaction 2

Input: San Jose

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 314 RECOGNIZE 4

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: false

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Content-Length: 46

builtin:speech/transcribe

builtin:dtmf/digits

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 83 4 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 115 START-OF-INPUT 4 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 2484 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 4 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 2297

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"san jose",

"intentResult": {

"inputMode": "Speech",

"interpretations": [{

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 1

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

}

}, {

"intent": {

"name": "FallbackIntent",

"slots": {

}

}, {

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.42

"intent": {

"name": "BookCar",

"slots": {

"CarType": {

"DriverAge": {

"PickUpCity": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "jose",

"interpretedValue": "jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"PickUpDate": {

"ReturnDate": {

}

}],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "ElicitSlot",

"slotToElicit": "CheckInDate"

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-9"

"textResponse": {

"messages": [{

"content": "What day do you want to check in?",

"contentType": "PlainText"

}],

"eventId": "RESPONSE-10"

}

</instance>

</interpretation>

</result>

Interaction 3

Input: March 1^st

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 314 RECOGNIZE 6

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: false

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

Content-Length: 46

builtin:speech/transcribe

builtin:dtmf/digits

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 83 6 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 115 START-OF-INPUT 6 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 2864 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 6 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 2677

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"march first",

"intentResult": {

"inputMode": "Speech",

"interpretations": [{

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 1

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

}

}, {

"intent": {

"name": "FallbackIntent",

"slots": {

}

}, {

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.42

"intent": {

"name": "BookCar",

"slots": {

"CarType": {

"DriverAge": {

"PickUpCity": {

"PickUpDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"ReturnDate": {

}

}],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "ElicitSlot",

"slotToElicit": "Nights"

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-14"},

"textResponse": {

"messages": [{

"content": "How many nights will you be staying?",

"contentType": "PlainText"

}],

"eventId": "RESPONSE-15"

}

</instance>

<input mode="speech">march first</input>

</interpretation>

</result>

Interaction 4

Input: 2 [nights]

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 314 RECOGNIZE 8

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: false

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Content-Length: 46

builtin:speech/transcribe

builtin:dtmf/digits

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 83 8 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 115 START-OF-INPUT 8 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 3162 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 8 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 2975

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"two",

"intentResult": {

"inputMode": "Speech",

"interpretations": [{

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 1

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2",

"resolvedValues": ["2"]

}

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

}

}, {

"intent": {

"name": "FallbackIntent",

"slots": {

}

}, {

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.32

"intent": {

"name": "BookCar",

"slots": {

"CarType": {

"DriverAge": {

"PickUpCity": {

"PickUpDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-02",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-02"]

}

"ReturnDate": {

}

}],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "ElicitSlot",

"slotToElicit": "RoomType"

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2",

"resolvedValues": ["2"]

}

"RoomType": {

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-17"

"textResponse": {

"messages": [{

"content": "What type of room would you like, queen, king or deluxe?",

"contentType": "PlainText"

}],

"eventId": "RESPONSE-18"

}

</instance>

</interpretation>

</result>

Interaction 5

Input: Queen

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 315 RECOGNIZE 10

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: false

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Content-Length: 46

builtin:speech/transcribe

builtin:dtmf/digits

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 84 10 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 116 START-OF-INPUT 10 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 3321 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 10 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 3133

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"queen",

"intentResult": {

"inputMode": "Speech",

"interpretations": [{

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 1

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2",

"resolvedValues": ["2"]

}

"RoomType": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "queen",

"interpretedValue": "queen",

"resolvedValues": ["queen"]

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

}

}, {

"intent": {

"name": "FallbackIntent",

"slots": {

}

}, {

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.31

"intent": {

"name": "BookCar",

"slots": {

"CarType": {

"DriverAge": {

"PickUpCity": {

"PickUpDate": {

"ReturnDate": {

}

}],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "ConfirmIntent"

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2",

"resolvedValues": ["2"]

}

"RoomType": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "queen",

"interpretedValue": "queen",

"resolvedValues": ["queen"]

}

"state": "InProgress",

"confirmationState": "None"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-20" },

"textResponse": {

"messages": [{

"content": "Okay, I have you down for a 2 night stay in san jose starting 2021-03-01. Shall I book the reservation?",

"contentType": "PlainText"

}],

"eventId": "RESPONSE-21"

}

</instance>

<input mode="speech">queen</input>

</interpretation>

</result>

Interaction 6

Input: Yes

C->S:

MRCP/2.0 315 RECOGNIZE 12

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Content-Type: text/uri-list

Cancel-If-Queue: false

Start-Input-Timers: false

No-Input-Timeout: 30000

Speech-Complete-Timeout: 1500

Speech-Incomplete-Timeout: 15000

Content-Length: 46

builtin:speech/transcribe

builtin:dtmf/digits

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 84 12 200 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 116 START-OF-INPUT 12 IN-PROGRESS

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Input-Type: speech

S->C:

MRCP/2.0 3129 RECOGNITION-COMPLETE 12 COMPLETE

Channel-Identifier: 4c16b190426443d7@speechrecog

Completion-Cause: 000 success

Content-Type: application/x-nlsml

Content-Length: 2941

<?xml version="1.0"?>

{

"transcript":"yes",

"intentResult": {

"inputMode": "Speech",

"interpretations": [{

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 1

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2",

"resolvedValues": ["2"]

}

"RoomType": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "queen",

"interpretedValue": "queen",

"resolvedValues": ["queen"]

}

"state": "ReadyForFulfillment",

"confirmationState": "Confirmed"

}

}, {

"intent": {

"name": "FallbackIntent",

"slots": {

}

}, {

"nluConfidence": {

"score": 0.16

"intent": {

"name": "BookCar",

"slots": {

"CarType": {

"DriverAge": {

"PickUpCity": {

"PickUpDate": {

"ReturnDate": {

}

}],

"sessionState": {

"dialogAction": {

"type": "Close"

"intent": {

"name": "BookHotel",

"slots": {

"CheckInDate": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "march first",

"interpretedValue": "2021-03-01",

"resolvedValues": ["2021-03-01"]

}

"Location": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "san jose",

"interpretedValue": "san jose",

"resolvedValues": []

}

"Nights": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "two",

"interpretedValue": "2",

"resolvedValues": ["2"]

}

"RoomType": {

"value": {

"originalValue": "queen",

"interpretedValue": "queen",

"resolvedValues": ["queen"]

}

"state": "ReadyForFulfillment",

"confirmationState": "Confirmed"

"sessionAttributes": {

"x-amz-lex:channels:platform": "UniMRCP"

"originatingRequestId": "623d5403-f172-43f7-94c0-9f7d504850b9"

"sessionId": "4c16b190426443d7",

"eventId": "RESPONSE-25"

"textResponse": {

"eventId": "RESPONSE-26"

}

</instance>

</interpretation></result>

8 Sequence Diagrams

The following sequence diagrams outline common interactions between all the main components involved in a typical recognition session performed over MRCPv1 and MRCPv2 respectively.

8.1 MRCPv1

8.2 MRCPv2

9 References

9.1 AWS Lex

· What is Amazon Lex

· How It Works

· API Reference

9.2 Specifications

· Speech Recognizer Resource

· NLSML Results