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Vivox Unreal SDK

Vivox Unreal SDK

Vivox Unreal SDK

Overview
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Supported platforms and versions
Implement Vivox Unreal

Add the Vivox Unreal plug-in to a speciﬁc project
Add the Vivox Unreal plug-in to all projects
Merge multiple Unreal plug-in packages
Use the Vivox Unreal plug-in in a C++ script

Release notes
Developer guide

Set up your project

Load the VivoxCore module
Initialize the voice client object
Sign in to a game
Sign out of a game
Uninitialize the Vivox SDK

Unity Authentication Service in Unreal
Create voice and text channels

Channel management
Channel name criteria
Channel types
Positional channels

Large 3D channels setting
Positional channel properties
Positional channel configuration

Channel identifiers for large scale games
Participant events
Join a channel

Request capture device access
Initiate a channel join

Leave a channel
Audio injection
Automatic connection recovery

Messaging

Send and receive group text messages
Directed text
Send data through text messages
Text chat developer guide

Adaptive chat filter
Text evidence management

Evidence report API
Evidence report HTTP request
Evidence report HTTP response example

Anti-flooding
Large text channel setting
Channel-specific options

Audio management

In-game audio control

In-game audio device selection
In-game control of audio levels
Create a dynamic voice energy meter

Muting

Mute a user's microphone
Mute other users
Crossmute functions

In-game moderation

Requirements
Moderation SDK
Moderation actions
Evidence management

Android app development

Android SDK permission requirements
Request runtime permissions
Android speakerphone audio: Mono or stereo
Troubleshooting Bluetooth SCO underrun issues

iOS app development

Acoustic echo cancellation
Initialize the AVAudioSession on app startup
AVAudioSessionModeVoiceChat
AVAudioSession configuration when using WWise
iOS known limitations

Cannot set iOS device volume to 0 when Voice-Processing I/O unit is active
The iOS microphone recording indicator
AVAudioPlayer volume inconsistencies
Volume shifts
Restore audio volume

Server-side recording

Required permissions for Amazon S3 buckets
Subscribe API query parameters
Server-side recording decoder

Decode API query parameters
Make a decode request
Decode a subscription with different options

Automatically end a server-side recording subscription
Server-side recording API usage examples

Make a channel history-only request
Make a speaker history-only request
Make a channel TTL-only request
Make a speaker TTL-only request
Make a channel history and TTL request
Make a speaker history and TTL request
Filter a channel by speaker
Filter a speaker by channel

Speech-to-text audio transcription

Audio transcription conditions
Audio transcription delivery
Enable speech-to-text transcription
Disable speech-to-text transcription
Audio transcription language support
Audio transcription error codes

Text-to-speech

Text-to-speech voice options
Text-to-speech destinations
Inject a text-to-speech message
Queue a text-to-speech message
Cancel a text-to-speech message
Text-to-speech events
Get raw audio of synthesized speech
Use text-to-speech for incoming messages

Real-time recording

Enable real-time recording

Transmission

Transmission methods
Transmission modes
Push-to-talk

Troubleshooting

Voice activity detection

Parameter specifics
VAD adjustments

Vivox SDK error codes

Tutorials

Unreal Shooter Game sample app

Sample app requirements
Sample app package contents
Sample app design overview
Sample app examples of Vivox functionality
Update sample app environment and API values

Reference

Vivox Core Unreal class model overview

Class model diagram
Directed messaging diagram
Channel voice and messaging diagram

Vivox Unreal conventions

Asynchronous method calls
Events
Return values
Unreal types

Unreal API Reference Manual

Class List

AccountId
Channel3DProperties
ChannelId
FVivoxCoreModule
IAudioDevice
IAudioDevices
IChannelConnectionState
IChannelSession
IChannelTextMessage
IClient
IDirectedTextMessage
ILoginSession
IParticipant
IParticipantProperties
IPresenceLocation
IPresenceSubscription
ITextMessage
ITextToSpeech
ITranscribedMessage
ITTSAudioBuffer
ITTSMessage
ITTSVoice
Presence
VivoxConfig

Deprecated List

Access Token Developer Guide

Access token terminology
Requests that require access tokens
Access token identifiers

Usernames
Channel names
Access token issuers and signing keys

Access token format

Access token header
Access token payload
Access token signature
Supported values for the Vivox action claim

Access token examples

Example: Login token
Example: Join token
Example: Join_Muted token
Example: Kick tokens
Example: Drop_All token
Example: Mute tokens
Example: Mute_All token
Example: Transcription token

Generate a token on the client
Generate a token on a secure server

Example: C++
Example: C#
Example: Python
Example: JavaScript

Key update API

Add an application API key
Revoke an application API key
Troubleshooting an application API key

Access token error codes

Server to Server Web API Reference Guide

Prerequisites
Authentication
Access tokens
Channel and user identification

User URI structure
Channel URI structure

Parameters

Common parameters
Fully qualified identifiers

Login API
Control active channels API

Mute a user in a channel
Mute all users in a channel
Unmute a user in a channel
Unmute all users in a channel
Kick a user from a channel
Kick all users from a channel

Kick API

Access token claims for the Kick API
URI structure for the Kick API
Kick a user from a channel
Kick a user from a server

Error handling

Third-party license information

Vivox Unreal SDK documentation

Add voice and text communication to your Unreal games with Vivox.

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