* Adding localization mechanism for strings embedded in mycroft-core code
Added mycroft.dialog.get() function. This behaves much like the localization
mechanism for dialogs in Skills. So you can do things like this:
lang = "en-us"
str = mycroft.dialog.get("how are you", lang)
Which will look in mycroft/res/text for the dialog file containing strings to
use as templates for the actual output. This depends on the language being
currently used. When operating in English this would be:
mycroft/res/text/en-us/how are you.dialog
This function will pick a random line from that file to assign to str.
A more advanced use is to embed placeholders in the strings within the
template file.
lang = "en-us"
ctx = {"time" : "noon"}
str = mycroft.dialog.get("current time", lang, ctx)
And the random template line picked was "the current time is {{time}} ", then
the output would be:
"the current time is noon"
The 1980s birthed a new form of interaction between computers and users. For the first time computers became capable of understanding the most basic form of human communication - pointing and grunting. The mouse and the GUI revolutionized computing and made computers accessible to the masses.
We have now entered a third era. We are rapidly approaching a time when computer systems will understand human language and respond using the most natural form of human communication – speech.
This is an important development. Some might even call it revolutionary.
Despite its importance, however, the technologies that will underpin this new method of interaction are the property of major tech firms who don't necessarily have the public's best interests at heart.
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Meet Mycroft – the worlds first open source natural language platform. Mycroft understands human language and responds with speech. It is being designed to run on anything from a phone to an automobile and will change the way we interact with open source technologies in profound ways.
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This initial release of the Mycroft software represents a significant effort by the Mycroft community to give the open source world access to this important technology. We are all hoping that the software will be useful to the public and will help to usher in a new era of human machine interaction.
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